Teresita Rebel

“His son had gone astray in the great city, where so many others had gone astray before him, and where many others would go astray after him, until there was found some great secret that as yet no man had discovered.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

“The usual warmth of his hands wasn’t there. They chilled my skin as they slipped to my waist, and I realized he was scared.”
― M. R. Noble, Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes

“These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in. - Balram Halwai”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

“You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden