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These are my definitions, but I’ll tell you what they are up front. Poverty is when a quarter is a fucking miracle. Poor is when a dollar is a miracle. Broke is when five bucks is a miracle. Working class is being broke, but doing so in a
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can't live with what they've done.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
― The Orphan Master's Son
“It was the beginning of a Jane Austen novel, if Mr. Darcy was a grieving son/HBO enthusiast from Perth and Elizabeth an entry-level cremationist.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“The fear of death is why we build cathedrals, have children, declare war, and watch cat videos online at three a.m.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“As a source of the fledgling nation's financial might, slavery shaped our political institutions and founding documents, our laws governing private property and financial regulation, our management techniques and accounting systems, and our economic systems and labor unions.”
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
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