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The God of the Woods

by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 17, 2025 04:20PM

“Although . . . I don’t know. He does this thing sometimes where he drops money on people, kind of just because he thinks they deserve it. He never lets them know who gave it to them. And he never used to tell me about it. But then one day I sort of caught him doing it, and I said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were doing that?’ He gave me this whole long thing about how it’s only really giving if nobody knows. If it’s anonymous. He said if you let everybody know you did it, then you’re just doing it for the glory. So people will think you’re a great guy. Then it’s just selfish.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

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“It is a thing in their life that has always been there. They are white, and there is much privilege that comes with being so, but they don’t see it, because there’s never been a day in their life when it wasn’t there. So you ask them if ethnicity makes a difference to them, and they say no. And in many cases they think they are telling the truth. It becomes like asking a fish to tell you about the water. It’s all around him. He swims in it at every moment. But he will likely say, ‘Water? What is this water of which you speak?’ So often this is true.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Have You Seen Luis Velez?

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