Paolo Bacigalupi: Frases em inglês
“Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 55
“Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 41
“Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.”
"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
“If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 94
“We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.”
"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006
“Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 212
“Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 280
“Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 67
“If you act like a servant, you will die like a dog.”
Fonte: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 159