Ocupation: Author
Life: b. July 16, 1929
Birthday: July 16
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.
source: Sheri S. Tepper (2013). “The Visitor”, p.216, Hachette UK
topic: Thinking, Punishment, Done, Receipts, Storekeeper