In fact, the majlis was an intensely feudal scene, with…

“The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite, weak of…

— 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”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Geraldine Brooks

And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share.

— Geraldine Brooks

“This is how an owl must look to a mouse in that last second before the talons sink into the flesh.”

— 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…

— Geraldine Brooks

“They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— Geraldine Brooks