Vashti

“Somehow I found myself admiring the man for his lack of modesty. For what is modesty but inverted pride? We all think we are first-class people. Modesty forbids us from saying so ourselves though, presumably, not from wanting to hear it from others.”
― Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People

“Fashion anticipates, elegance is a state of mind.
-OLEG CASSINI”
― Nina García, The Style Strategy: A Less-Is-More Approach to Staying Chic and Shopping Smart

“The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence. Moreover, his position in society is such that the egotistical drives of his make-up are constantly being accentuated, while his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate.”
― Albert Einstein, Why Socialism?

“It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.” - Lady Windermere’s Fan”
― Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’