The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2)

by Helene Wecker

And there was a grasping undercurrent to their questions, a desire to attach themselves to tragedy, that she deeply mistrusted.

It’s easy to consider yourself altruistic when you live among the poor and the downtrodden. But if you were removed from their side, it wouldn’t be long before they faded from your mind.”