Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 121
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The Windup Girl
Paolo BacigalupiFamous Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
“Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice.”
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 55
“We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.”
"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006
Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
“Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.”
"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 77
“If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.”
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 94
“Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.”
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 212
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 247
“A desert's a stupid place to put a river.”
"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006
“Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.”
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 280
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 204
“If you act like a servant, you will die like a dog.”
Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 159