'People think money is the hardest thing to ask for'
Howard Lake | 18 August 2003 | News
UK Fundraising has found another quote for fundraisers in a book, Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Giant’s House’.
Cal Sweatt, the errant father of James Carlson Sweatt, the 8′ 6″ 20-year-old giant of the title, says to librarian Peggy Cort: “People think that money is the hardest thing to ask for, but take my word for it: it’s the easiest…
“‘Cause people can tell you no and there’s no hard feelings, or they give it to you and it’s yours to spend. You ask for anything else in this world, and what happens? The answer might be no, or the answer might be a lie, or the answer might be a can of worms you don’t want to open. Ask for a compliment, ask for love, ask for an explanation or an apology – either you don’t get it, or what you get’s counterfeit. But money: it it exists, you might get it, and it’ll be as good as the money you get anywhere else.”
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The Giant’s House
Elizabeth McCracken
published by Jonathan Cape
1996
p.242
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