Quote by Geraldine Brooks
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer

The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call my husband, and I could almost see the fear coming toward me like a big, black shadow. – Geraldine Brooks

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Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books. – Geraldine Brooks

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My mothers family were full-on Irish Catholics – faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over womens rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old. – Geraldine Brooks

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Theres just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you cant know it all, and thats where imagination can work. – Geraldine Brooks

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In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. – Xun Zi

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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti

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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt – Gordon Browns legacy to millions of Britains families – will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come. – Vince Cable

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Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires. – Emile M. Cioran

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