Haroun and the Study of Mischief Quotes

“Not that he objected to feeding thieves and larcenists, of course! Thieves got hungry like anyone else. And if he fed them, then they had fewer reasons to need to trouble others for coin. Coin was such nuisance for those who tried to keep all of it for themselves. Shai Madhur didn't understand why so many coin-collecting people were so angrily protective of their collections.”
― Lynn Strong, Haroun and the Study of Mischief: A Magical Middle Eastern Cozy Fantasy