"A decent life was the train that hadnâ€™t hit you, the slumlord you hadnâ€™t offended, the malaria you hadnâ€™t caught"

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Katherine Boo

#Malaria Quotes #Caught Quotes #Decent Quotes

“Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It's the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.”
“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.46, Delacorte Press
“Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.”
“You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance - I know I'm getting old; I'll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I'm getting old? 'Cause my tolerance level is low.”
“People always identify a vehicle on the grille.”

Source : "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.
“It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.”
“I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.”
“As long as I was alive, I was something. That was just how it was. But somewhere along the way it all changed. Living turned me into nothing.”

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