Amanda

“Rich people thought themselves special, but in truth, they simply possessed extra layers of insulation against the winds of misfortune.”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“We live in a society in which it is acceptable to cancel plans with friends for work, but never vice versa.”
― Marisa G. Franco, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

“money isn’t the only thing that compounds. Experience compounds. The time and energy we put into our relationships and explorations of the world compounds. Education compounds, as does joy.”
― Jordan Grumet, Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life

“A couple of times a year I make myself a tape to play in the car, a tape full of all the new songs I’ve loved over the previous few months, and every time I finish one I can’t believe that there’ll be another. Yet there always is, and I can’t wait for the next one; you need only a few hundred more things like that, and you’ve got a life worth living.”
― Nick Hornby, Songbook