"The gods are cruel not because they make us work. They are cruel because they allow us to hope."

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Source : Robert Jackson Bennett (2014). “City of Stairs”, p.92, Broadway Books

Robert Jackson Bennett

“If I should die this very day, Don't cry...cause on Earth We wasn't meant to stay.”
“I really believe, in my heart and soul, that if we would rebuild and strengthen the family structure in the country, you'd start to really deal with a number of the most difficult problems we're having in the country today, in poverty, education, and in crime, but we've broken the family structure up.”
“I love sci-fi and fantasy.”
“Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Africa continue to let its wealth meet the needs of those outside its borders and then follow behind with hands outstretched for a loan of the very wealth it let go? How did we arrive at this, that the best leader is the one that knows how to beg for a share of what he has already given away at the price of a broken tool? Where is the future of Africa?”
“Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.”
“The Fed is on hold at least through the election but I think we'll get a little more tightening at the start of next year. I think, for the time being, we have a soft landing. But I think the reality is the stock market rally will probably add a little fuel to the economy and the tightening will return next year.”
“Prayer is asking for guidance. Meditation is listening to it.”
“People who know their worth can live austerely; it's the people nagged by the gnawing knowledge of their own cheapness who have that eternal necessity for submerging themselves in what they feel is superlative in material things, as if fine possessions could make them fine.”

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