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> [For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-boo/for-myself-suffering-doesnt-make-me-a-good-person-it-makes-me-selfish/)

[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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