Ellen

“By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End The”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“of the 1 percent saw a bit less than a doubling of real incomes. Those in the 90th through 99th percentiles simply stayed even, with incomes growing at the same rate as per capita GDP, or gross domestic product. And the bottom 90 percent lost relative ground, with their incomes since 1980 growing more slowly than per capita GDP. The result is that the top 1 percent now owns twice as great a share of national wealth as the entire bottom 90 percent. We went from being a world leader in opportunity to being a laggard.”
― Nicholas D Kristof, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

“Do we carry the guilt from the sins of past generations? If so, can we bear the weight of that burden?”
― Lisa Wingate, Before We Were Yours

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
― Anne Lamott