How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Haji Ali, avoiding Mortenson's eyes, said that the village had no school, and the Pakistani government didn't provide a teacher. (3.23)
When Mortenson hears this, he realizes that he is the one that has to build the school. If a country's own government isn't going to help, then who is?
Quote #2
A dollar a day for a teacher, Mortenson fumed, how could a government, even one as impoverished as Pakistan's, not provide that? (3.26)
Mortenson is furious that a country that spends so much money on the military can't devote even a fraction of that to education. (Note that he's talking about Pakistan here, even though the same accusation could be leveled at Mortenson's own country.)