“Maybe growing up means disappointing the people we love.”
― Everything, Everything
― Everything, Everything
“All organizations like to boast that they're building a culture, but when it comes down to it everyone really only cares about one sort: the culture of winning...We love winners, even though they're very rarely particularly likeable people. They're almost always obsessive and selfish and inconsiderate. That doesn't matter. We forgive them. We like them while they're winning.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“You're never not yourself. You're always you. It's just, sometimes, who you are . . . who you are is a shitty person.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“Maybe I ought to keep writing, not just for the paper, but something else, about all the people I know and the things I seen and done. Maybe I ain't too old to start over, I think and I laugh and cry at the same time at this. Cause just last night I thought I was finished with everthing new.”
― The Help
― The Help
“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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