Monday, September 15, 2008

When Money Becomes Sacred


"Money is sacred, as everyone knows. So then must be the hunger for it and the means to obtain it. Once a man is in debt he becomes a flesh and blood form of money, a walking investment...And so we spread death everywhere. But that sacred hunger...justifies all. The trade is lawful, they say, and that is enough. Well, it is not enough for me."

-from Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

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