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title: "1 People Naturally Quotes By Katherine Boo"
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> [People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/people-naturally-long-for-a-bit-of-the-wealth-that-is-whorling-all/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

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## More by Katherine Boo

> [“In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/in-places-where-government-priorities-and-market-imperatives-create-a/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/the-forces-of-justice-had-finally-come-to-annawadi-that-the/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“For years, Asha had hoped that her daughter wouldn’t guess about the men. Now she wished she had raised Manju to be worldly enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/for-years-asha-had-hoped-that-her-daughter-wouldn-t-guess-about-the/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“What was unfolding in Mumbai was unfolding elsewhere, too. In the age of global market capitalism, hopes and grievances were narrowly conceived, which blunted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/what-was-unfolding-in-mumbai-was-unfolding-elsewhere-too-in-the-age/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [I was spending a lot of time in Mumbai after I met my husband, who is Indian, and while parts of the city were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/i-was-spending-a-lot-of-time-in-mumbai-after-i-met-my-husband-who-is/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren't tripping on caste the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/one-thing-that-was-very-clear-to-me-is-that-the-young-people-in-a/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“that the only Indians who went on trial were”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/that-the-only-indians-who-went-on-trial-were/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“Besides, this was the gentle-going hour in which he hated Annawadi least. The pale sun lent the sewage lake a sparkling silver cast, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/besides-this-was-the-gentle-going-hour-in-which-he-hated-annawadi/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/there-s-some-way-in-which-we-would-prefer-not-to-see-very-clearly-the/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“No onlooker asked, Why fix a house when the airport authority might demolish it? Almost everyone here improved his hut when he was able,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/no-onlooker-asked-why-fix-a-house-when-the-airport-authority-might/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [Everyone in Annawadi talks like this: 'Oh, I will make my child a doctor, a lawyer, and he will make us rich'. It's vanity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/everyone-in-annawadi-talks-like-this-oh-i-will-make-my-child-a-doctor/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“Like most scavengers, Sunil knew how he appeared to the people who frequented the airport: shoeless, unclean, pathetic. By winter’s end, he had defended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/like-most-scavengers-sunil-knew-how-he-appeared-to-the-people-who/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [“Though Abdul had been afraid of ghosts as most Annawadi boys, these reports did no disturb him. Being terrorized by living people seemed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/though-abdul-had-been-afraid-of-ghosts-as-most-annawadi-boys-these/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/but-if-writing-about-people-who-are-not-yourself-is-illegitimate-then/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

> [I'm not squeamish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/i-m-not-squeamish/)

[Katherine Boo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-boo/)

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