"Without money, you are powerless in this world. You are totally subject to whatever happens. To be without money in the physical world is to be powerless."

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He was powerless because he had no precise desire, and this tortured him because he was vainly seeking something to desire. He could not even make himself stretch out his hand to switch on the light. The simple transition from intention to action seemed an unimaginable miracle.

— Vladimir Nabokov