“Slum kids die slowly, their lives eroded at so languid a pace that even they would have trouble tracing the disintegration. To the children of war death explodes like a car bomb.” ChildrenWarKidsDiesTroubleCarBombsPaceSlumsDisintegrationTracing Book:The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories Source: The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories
“Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.” MayDiesSidesPoorMathematicsPopulationUnclesDecreaseArithmeticSurplusImpeccableScrooge Book:The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories Source: The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories