“she held her breath, and in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second she didn’t breathe, God would grant her another day”

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“Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe.”

Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist

From a speech entitled Confronting Empire http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=51&ItemID=2919 given at the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre, 28 January 2003
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Variant: Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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