“Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn’t spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. We went down that path once, and it brought us to ruin.”Paolo Bacigalupi book The Windup GirlSource: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 93
“Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.”Paolo Bacigalupi book The Windup GirlSource: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 77
“They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.”Paolo Bacigalupi book The Windup GirlSource: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 306