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“There are no poor people. No homeless," he said suddenly.
"No," Helen replied. "Everyone has what they need here."
"But how could anyone be grateful or what they have if they didn't know what it was like not to have what they need?"
Helen shook her head and looked down. "I've always thought that was the lamest argument - that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world."
Lucas chuckled and squeezed her against his side. "I agree. But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you've worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?”
― Goddess
"No," Helen replied. "Everyone has what they need here."
"But how could anyone be grateful or what they have if they didn't know what it was like not to have what they need?"
Helen shook her head and looked down. "I've always thought that was the lamest argument - that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world."
Lucas chuckled and squeezed her against his side. "I agree. But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you've worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?”
― Goddess
“Am I hurting you?" he asked, his voice breaking and his eyes vulnerable.
"The only time you ever hurt me is when you leave me," she replied, wrapping herself around him. "Don't ever leave me again.”
― Goddess
"The only time you ever hurt me is when you leave me," she replied, wrapping herself around him. "Don't ever leave me again.”
― Goddess
“Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.”
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