Fleming Slone

“And as the elevator descends, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even farther down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero

“One of the vilest and most hateful things connected with money is that it can buy even talent; and will do so as long as the world lasts.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I don't know what's going on...and I'm probably not smart enough to understand if somebody was to explain it to me. All I know is we're being tested somehow, by somebody or some thing a whole lot smarter than us, and all I can do is be friendly and keep calm and try and have a nice time till it's over.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

“What rioters, out of control, are really protesting about is life itself. Most people do not like it, it's humiliating for almost everyone.”
― Kurt Vonnegut