Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs.
Orhan PamukA letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, 'Go on then, read what the letter tells you!' whereas the dull-witted will say, 'Go on then, read what he's written!
Orhan Pamuk