# Quote — Robert S. Stone, Damascus Gate

> "It can't be an easy thing," Lucas said, "to make a country. It's tough enough to make a café. Or to make one be the way you imagined it. Unless you only let certain people in and keep the rest out."

- Author: [Robert S. Stone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-stone.md)
- Book: [Damascus Gate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-stone/damascus-gate.md)
- Page: 363
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