Cassie Thompson

“I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: "Work hard and you'll get ahead" or "It's hard work that got us where we are." No one ever said that you could work hard - harder even than you ever thought possible - and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt.”
― Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein