"The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of polyurethane bags."

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Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.94, Portobello Books

Katherine Boo

#Justice Quotes #Guilt Quotes #Garbage Quotes

“I'm involved in too many things. I have a Web site I'm working on.”
“I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.”
“Iâ€™m in a band. I donâ€™t go to church every Sunday. I love punk rock music. Sometimes I use swear words a lot. I respect and admire gay men and women. Iâ€™m obsessed with horror films. I know what shame feels like. And guess what old man? Jesus is still my Savior.”
“The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.”
“Julia's vocabulary was "chock-full" of strangely archaic words - "spiffing," "crumbs," "jeepers" - that seemed to have originated in some prewar girls' annual rather than in Julia's own life. For Jackson, words were functional, they helped you get to places and explain things. For Julia, they were freighted with inexplicable emotion.”
“To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.”
“It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease as a part of 'Godâ€™s Plan' or the greater good â€” and clinging to ancient texts that preach ill-concealed bigotry and sexism. Instead, we should find ways to make this life happy and satisfying, without regard to the unknowable nature of an afterlife.”

Source : FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Mar 22, 2014

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