“The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite,… — Geraldine Brooks Compassion Copy Share Image
“The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women’s academy. To… — Geraldine Brooks Shooting range Copy Share Image
“No wonder simple men have always had their gods dwell in the high places. For as soon as a man lets his… — Geraldine Brooks High places Copy Share Image
I was really interested in how marriages work, how you can, you know, be in love with somebody and spend many years… — Geraldine Brooks Deals Copy Share Image
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it… — Geraldine Brooks One word Copy Share Image
“... So this was how it was to be, now: I would do my best to live in the quick world, but… — Geraldine Brooks March Copy Share Image
“They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.” — Geraldine Brooks Next time Copy Share Image
“You," he continued, grabbing my wrist. "All of you, from the safe world, with your air bags and your tamper-proof packaging and… — Geraldine Brooks Death Copy Share Image
“This is how an owl must look to a mouse in that last second before the talons sink into the flesh.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. — Geraldine Brooks Giving Copy Share Image
“The author of this text did not write to provoke, but merely to express a truth as he conceives it. Your own… — Geraldine Brooks Books Copy Share Image
“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at… — Geraldine Brooks Animals Copy Share Image
“Many men believe in the saying that educating women is like allowing the nose of the camel into the tent: eventually the… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“No, no,” he said. “She can’t raise it at all. She may only clap. Women must be very careful of their voices.… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for… — Geraldine Brooks Aptitude Copy Share Image
“The drill sergeants learned that lavishly praising recruits who got it right worked better than abusing those who got it wrong. The… — Geraldine Brooks Drill sergeant Copy Share Image
Yes, the small village that we live in, in Virginia, is a very interesting place, in terms of its Civil War history,… — Geraldine Brooks Because Copy Share Image
“The heat of late afternoon closed in around us like an animate thing; you could feel it on your skin, warm and… — Geraldine Brooks Late afternoon Copy Share Image
Write what you know. Every guide for the aspiring author advises this. Because I live in a long-settled rural place, I know… — Geraldine Brooks Advise Copy Share Image
“I’ve watched them. Watched them walking with this stupid smile on their faces into the biggest risk you can take in this… — Geraldine Brooks Life Copy Share Image
If there is one class of person I have never quite trusted, it is a man who knows no doubt. — Geraldine Brooks Class Copy Share Image
I am not part of that earlier Australian generation who set off on a deliberate search for fame and fortune in distant… — Geraldine Brooks Ambition Copy Share Image
“Only one god. Strange, that you English, who gather about you so many things, are content with one only.” — Geraldine Brooks God Copy Share Image
I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that… — Geraldine Brooks Ambulance Copy Share Image
“Even the ordinary business of cleaning house seemed somehow to have become sacramental.” — Geraldine Brooks Business Copy Share Image
