Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.
Paolo BacigalupiThe more you read about and immerse in a culture, the more it comes alive, and the more textured and nuanced and detailed and unstereotypable it becomes.
Paolo BacigalupiSheโd survived the Drowned Cities because she wasnโt anything like Mouse. When the bullets started flying and warlords started making examples of peacekeeper collaborators, Mahlia had kept her head down, instead of standing up like Mouse. Sheโd looked out for herself, first. And because of that, sheโd survived.
Paolo BacigalupiThe problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone youโd ever left behind riding on your shoulders.
Paolo Bacigalupi