Katherine Boo Quotes

Two Boys Who Looked To Be Seven Years Old Had Been Picked Up While Sweeping Floors In A Cheap Hotel. They Reminded Abdul Of His Little Brothers, And He Felt Emotional Being Around Them. He Couldn't See Why The State Had Taken Them From Their Parents. Being So Poor That You Had To Work So Young Seemed Like Punishment Enough.

Abdul Had Kept To Himself In His First Days At Dongri, Aware Of His Inadequacy In The Conversational Arts, But The Incarceration Of The Seven-year-olds Inflamed Him. "What's The Use, Keeping Them Here?" He Blurted Out One Day. "You See Their Faces? So Much Enthusiasm For Life, They Are Going To Break The Walls Of This Jail. The Government People Should Let Them Work, Let Them Be Free.

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