“Instant gratification takes too long.”
Carrie Fisher book Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge (1987)
“God is no more intimidated by childish demands for instant gratification than are wise parents.”
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
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Context: One wonders whether a generation that demands instant satisfaction of all its needs and instant solution of the world's problems will produce anything of lasting value. Such a generation, even when equipped with the most modern technology, will be essentially primitive — it will stand in awe of nature, and submit to the tutelage of medicine men.
