Now You See Us Quotes

“but Flor was clearly doing something she wasn’t supposed to do.” “But nothing like this. Not murder,” Donita says. “If she gets executed, it is your fault. It will haunt you forever.”
― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Now You See Us

“They’d better. Imagine if we all stopped working. Imagine what would happen to this country.” Angel has fantasized about this scenario. Those skyline centrepieces would shine only in an architect’s imagination; that reclaimed land on the island’s edge would once more be underwater. In houses, dishes would become crusty with old food stains, curtains would grow furry coats of dust, and plants would shrivel into nothingness. Mustiness would replace the smell of air freshener and clean laundry. Children would wander the streets, not knowing how to get home after school. The windows would be left open, and after storms, spider wasps would pack their conical dirt nests against the sturdy surfaces of bookcases and bed frames.”
― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Now You See Us

“No, sir, something the Singapore people must understand,” the man continues. “In Bangladesh, we all read Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize winner. Even the poorest children also can recite famous Tagore poems. My father used to read Jibanananda Das’s poems to me. You know the writer Mohammad Rafiq? I wanted to study with him. Everybody in my country is a poet.”
― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Now You See Us