# Quote — Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl

> If you act like a servant, you will die like a dog.

- Author: [Paolo Bacigalupi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi.md)
- Book: [The Windup Girl](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi/the-windup-girl.md)
- Page: 159
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paolo_Bacigalupi#The_Windup_Girl_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi/the-windup-girl/if-you-act

## More from this book

> Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.

p. 77 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi/the-windup-girl/every-time-he-makes.md)

> The symbol for the Environment Ministry is the eye of a tortoise, for the long view—the understanding that nothing comes cheap or quickly without a hidden cost.

p. 121 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi/the-windup-girl/the-symbol-for.md)

> Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson.

p. 67 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paolo-bacigalupi/the-windup-girl/nothing-is-certain-that.md)