Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes

I suspect that young adults crave stories of broken futures because they themselves are uneasily aware that their world is falling apart.

Paolo Bacigalupi

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• I suspect that young adults crave stories of broken futures because they themselves are uneasily aware that their world is falling apart.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • World
  • Broken
  • Young