"It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but from the accidents and catastrophes they dodged. 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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Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.13, Portobello Books

Katherine Boo

#People Quotes #Malaria Quotes #Caught Quotes

“New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.”
“A writer ... whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation.”
“Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God”

Source : "Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects".
“Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.”
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”

Source : "The Reader's Digest", Volume 152, January 1998.
“One must have a thorough knowledge of anatomy and a good perception of depth for silhouette work. Otherwise they resemble those childish picture cards, snipped out by some fool who doesn't know what he is trying to do.”
“Love is when you fry the other person's bacon even if you're a vegetarian.”
“There are a lot of things that come easy, but they're not necessarily worth it. Anything worth having, you work hard for. That's how I feel I am.”

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