VL-IV Poe quote dragged in / Ch 4 Timeline Effort / Pg 35

[kelber at mindspring.com]

And there's this, re Stray, Frenesi's great-grandmother, and  at least Zoyd's spiritual/cultural foremother:

ATD (p. 976):

"It wasn't exactly a religious experience, but somehow, a little at a time, she had found herself surrendering to her old need to take care of people.  Not for compensation, certainly not for thanks.  Her first rule became 'Don't thank me.'  Her second was 'Don't take credit for anything that turns out well.'  One day she woke up understanding clear as the air that as long as a person was willing to forego credit, there were few limits on the good it became possible to do."

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>

>
>Mike Bailey:
>"Who says Zoyd isn't a good neighbor?  How many of us would loan
>anybody their car?"
>
>I've been thinking about this - the first few chapters of the book
>frequently focus on Zoyd's checks that will likely bounce and various
>people helping each other out with no expectation of payback. Debts,
>favours, credit, interest... later this will bring in karma, revenge,
>DL bound to Takeshi to balance her mistakes, maybe all those
>hauntings. I don't think P is criticising the world economy based on
>credit cards and debt, but it's something much bigger. I'm not sure of
>a good word for it. It's refigured in ATD as Grace, but it's in here
>too.
>
>No doubt about it, though - for me it's much preferable to have family
>and neighbours who'll loan you their car because you need it than it
>is to deal with people only looking for a return. That's the problem
>with karma - are we only supposed to do good things so that we'll be
>rewarded?
>

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