# Quote — James Morrow, Bible Stories for Adults

> “You see, Ebenezer, charity begs a crucial question. How did the bestower attain the position from which he now exercises his largesse?” My dead colleague cleaned his teeth with one of his many appended keys. “Through imagination and merit? Or through inherited privilege and ruthless exploitation?”

- Author: [James Morrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow.md)
- Book: [Bible Stories for Adults](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults.md)
- Page: 158
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_K._Morrow#Bible_Stories_for_Adults_(1996)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/you-see-ebenezer

## More from this book

> My own preliminary diagnosis is that I am out of my skull and getting farther from its vicinity every day.

p. 191 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/my-own-preliminary.md)

> “In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”
>
> “What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
>
> “Being able to understand him completely.”

p. 76 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/in-fact-theres.md)

> When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham?

p. 11 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/when-i-destroyed.md)