Canadian Quotes: Madeleine Thien
On July 13th, we celebrate Madeleine Thien!
Her mother's grey shirt and pants were ironed and clean, proper and unassuming, but there was a look in her mother's eyes that had nothing to do with propriety and obedience. There was no resignation, only a sharp knife in a pool of water. Her mother, she thought, had all the attributes of the famous proverb: one who thrives in calamity but perishes in soft living.
- from Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien, emphasis mine
