Sell Us the Rope Quotes

“Why do women always have to express gratitude for things that should be basic? Things like being listened to. Things like not being murdered.”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope

“It's as if to rich people, only other rich people are truly real.”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope

“I've noticed that the people here get strangely upset by hearing other languages. I wonder why that is?" says Elli.
"It makes them feel stupid," says Rosa. "How can you believe you're the master race when everybody else speaks more languages than you do, when they even speak your own language better than you do?”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope

“Sometimes doing nothing is also doing something.”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope

“but she's an adroit whinger, an adept and polyglot complainer.”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope

“There is no need for conflict between men and women,' she says. 'The war is always between rich and poor. Between those with power and those without. Between those who fight for progress and those who hold it back. Sex has nothing to do with it.”
― Stephen May, Sell Us the Rope