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“Isä kuuntelee pilvenpiirtäjän raunioilla lapsensa ongelmia, jotka ovat aikuiselle triviaaleja sattumuksia, todellisten ongelmien pienoismalli, mutta lapselle maailmankuvaa muokkaavia katastrofeja.”

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“Siinä koko lapsuus. Sellainen se oli. Pääsin pois, mutta missään ei ovea, josta sujahtaisi uudestaan lapsuuteen, parempaan lapsuuteen, parempaan versioon. Sitä ei ole missään. Isä ei koskaan pyydä anteeksi. Ei kertaakaan. Ja sitten se kuolee. Se on nyt kuollut, on turha odotella enää mitään. Se, että on turha odotella enää mitään, on sekä ihan isosti helpottava asia että aivan surullinen juttu.”

“... toxic derivatives were underpinned by toxic economics, which, in turn, were no more than motivated delusions in search of theoretical justification; fundamentalist tracts that acknowledged facts only when they could be accommodated to the demands of the lucrative faith. Despite their highly impressive labels and technical appearance, economic models were merely mathematized versions of the touching superstition that markets know best, both at times of tranquility and in periods of tumult.”

“She could envision Jesus out on the stormy waves calling her to join him, and not to depend on the laws of nature. She’d just need to keep her focus on the Savior and move forward in these tossing waves. To keep looking down on the watery sprays trying to sink her would be her undoing. As her father understood and often repeated, she now saw the storm warning. “You win some, you lose some.” Could Jesus defy natural endings?”