“How little we know, I thought, of the people we live amongst.” — Geraldine Brooks Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food… — Geraldine Brooks Absent Copy Share Image
“I wonder where he lies. Wedged under a rock, with a thousand small mouths already sucking on his spongy flesh. Or floating… — Geraldine Brooks War Copy Share Image
“In any case, the manifesto states that a Jew is without honour from the day of his birth. That he cannot differentiate… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“In both cases, women are expected to sacrifice their comfort and freedom to service the requirements of male sexuality: either to repress… — Geraldine Brooks Freedom Copy Share Image
“[The haggadah] was made to teach, and it will continue to teach. And it might teach a lot more than just the… — Geraldine Brooks Books Copy Share Image
“...the book has survived the same human disaster over and over again. Think about it. You've got a society where people tolerate… — Geraldine Brooks Books Copy Share Image
I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war. — Geraldine Brooks Common Copy Share Image
“While I would champion any campaign to support Muslim women who do not wish to cover. I would now also protest vigorously… — Geraldine Brooks Islam Copy Share Image
“It galls me, when I catch a stray remark from the master, or between the older English pupils, to the effect that… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Time turned into a rope that unraveled as a languid spiral.” — Geraldine Brooks Drugs Copy Share Image
“I asked once, and the library assistant told me there were more than a hundred thousand books there, and more than sixty… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age,… — Geraldine Brooks Adolescence Copy Share Image
“It didn't take me long out there, in the landscapes my father had painted, to realize that as much as I loved… — Geraldine Brooks Fiction Copy Share Image
“Inside, I gagged. The floor was awash with excrement. Blocked toilet bowls brimmed with sewage. The place looked as if it hadn’t… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“For these women, Hamas’s view of women was laughable. And since they couldn’t hear the appeal of such views themselves, they were… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Josip had only an instant to exchange a glance with Serif. He made it the most eloquent glance of his life.” — Geraldine Brooks Life Copy Share Image
I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world… — Geraldine Brooks Brightness Copy Share Image
I loved being away from school. I didn't really fancy school that much when I was little; it wasn't until I was… — Geraldine Brooks Away Copy Share Image
I was a news reporter for 16 years, seven of them a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.… — Geraldine Brooks Balkans Copy Share Image
What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did… — Geraldine Brooks Ballots Copy Share Image
The structure of 'March' was laid down for me before the first line was written, because my character has to exist within… — Geraldine Brooks Because Copy Share Image
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a… — Geraldine Brooks Black Copy Share Image
“There's a word a friend of mine coined for that feeble gesture we make as if we're going to hold the door,… — Geraldine Brooks Friendship Copy Share Image
