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> ['You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/you-ve-got-mail-exclaims-the-cheery-automaton-at-america-online-the/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

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## More by Geraldine Brooks

> [“The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite, weak of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/the-word-for-mother-umm-is-the-root-of-the-words-for-source-nation/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women’s academy. To find out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/the-lieutenant-colonel-wondered-if-the-high-scores-reflected-a-defect/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“No wonder simple men have always had their gods dwell in the high places. For as soon as a man lets his eye drop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/no-wonder-simple-men-have-always-had-their-gods-dwell-in-the-high/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [I was really interested in how marriages work, how you can, you know, be in love with somebody and spend many years with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/i-was-really-interested-in-how-marriages-work-how-you-can-you-know-be/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/writing-is-like-bricklaying-you-put-down-one-word-after-another/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“... So this was how it was to be, now: I would do my best to live in the quick world, but the ghosts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/so-this-was-how-it-was-to-be-now-i-would-do-my-best-to-live-in-the/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/they-threw-rotten-fruit-at-me-and-told-me-next-time-it-would-be-acid/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“You," he continued, grabbing my wrist. "All of you, from the safe world, with your air bags and your tamper-proof packaging and your fat-free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/you-he-continued-grabbing-my-wrist-all-of-you-from-the-safe-world/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“This is how an owl must look to a mouse in that last second before the talons sink into the flesh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/this-is-how-an-owl-must-look-to-a-mouse-in-that-last-second-before/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/and-so-as-generally-happens-those-who-have-most-give-least-and-those/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“The author of this text did not write to provoke, but merely to express a truth as he conceives it. Your own theologians have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/the-author-of-this-text-did-not-write-to-provoke-but-merely-to/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at the expense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/so-you-are-happy-to-be-a-pigeon-maybe-so-but-at-least-a-pigeon-does/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“Many men believe in the saying that educating women is like allowing the nose of the camel into the tent: eventually the beast will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/many-men-believe-in-the-saying-that-educating-women-is-like-allowing/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [“No, no,” he said. “She can’t raise it at all. She may only clap. Women must be very careful of their voices. If”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/no-no-he-said-she-can-t-raise-it-at-all-she-may-only-clap-women-must/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

> [If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/if-a-man-is-to-lose-his-fortune-it-is-a-good-thing-if-he-were-poor/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

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