Basil Furman

“The following afternoon the two arrived at the carnival grounds. They mingled with the crowd, enjoying the various amusements. Finally Ned bought tickets for the roller coaster. As the car dashed madly down each incline, Nancy held her breath and clung to Ned. He enjoyed this so much that he suggested a second ride.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue in the Jewel Box

“We do not sleep,” said Aya. “These bodies do not require it. All they need is food to provide them with energy. Sleep is not needed.”
― Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

“What’s your business, Sir?”
“Jus’ call me Gord. Labour relations.”
“What’s that?”
“I’m a broker, kid. Middlemen need workers an’ wagons t’ bring
their recyclings south. I’m the one who supplies ‘em.”
“Where are they now?”
“Over there, you can just see the wagons under the tubes. The
men sleep under ‘em.”
“They’re shackled.”
“Yup.”
“Prisoners?”
“Nope. Indentured labour.”
― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

“The Kielburgers are extremely accomplished and educated people who have demonstrated that they know how to build an organization, sell a vision, and court powerful people. If they had wanted to make loads of money and eat caviar on a private yacht, they could have taken lucrative private-sector jobs and done just that. It is absurd to think that they instead decided to work sixteen-hour days for twenty-five years, spend hundreds of days per year apart from their families, and invest everything they had in building a global charity—all as a means to funnel money back to themselves.”
― Tawfiq S. Rangwala, What WE Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity