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> [And at this moment in history, our core value happens to be the raw, aching truth of the human predicament. It may also be the only belief that can save us as a species. A species that will continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/and-at-this-moment-in-history-our-core-value-happens-to-be-the-raw/)

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

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> [What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/what-s-wrong-with-leading-the-way-we-ve-played-that-role-before-after/)

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

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## Other authors on Core values

- [Linda Chandler 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/core-values/linda-chandler/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simon-mainwaring-85489.jpg) Simon Mainwaring 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/core-values/simon-mainwaring/)

## 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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