The Good Girls Quotes

“The story of Padma and Lalli revealed something more terrible still – That an Indian woman’s first challenge was surviving her own home”
― Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

“And so, just like that, in less than an hour since they were gone, Padma was no longer the quick-tempered one. Lalli was no longer the faithful partner in crime. Who they were, and what had happened to them, was already less important than what their disappearance meant to the status of the people left behind.”
― Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

“Elles étaient convaincues que ces hommes, qui comptaient pourtant parmi eux leurs propres pères, leurs oncles et cousins, "les tueraient s'ils les retrouvaient". Sohan Lal l'avait dit-lui même à la Dr Srivastava. À la question "Si les filles avaient été retrouvées vivantes, qu'auriez-vous fait pour laver l'honneur de votre famille ? " , il avait répondu par ces mots : "On les aurait tuées.”
― Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

“Elles étaient convaincues que ces hommes, qui comptaient pourtant parmi eux leurs propres pères, leurs oncles et cousins, "les tueraient s'ils les retrouvaient".”
― Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

“It’s not that people are not compassionate. But that compassion has to be aroused. Emotion is a critical factor in helping us understand an event, and it is a motivator that impels action as opposed to just abstract thoughts.”
― Sonia Faleiro, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing