" He jangled his coin box and murmured in his husky, prayerful voice, “Give to the Lord. Give to the poor.” Whenever anyone looked at him suspiciously he quoted from Revelation, “ ‘That ye may eat the flesh of kings.’ ” “If that’s what you’re goin’ to buy with the money, Sister, here’s a half a dollar, "

― Chester Himes , A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)