Status Updates From Succeeding Against the Odds...

favorite/resonated with quotes so far:

- It is one of the peculiarities of the kind that it magnifies trivialities in the moments of tragedy.
- I wanted to know what moved people, why they did what they did, why they wanted what they wanted.
- The dignity of a person who’d seen a lot and survived and wasn’t afraid of the future.
- Happiness is a concept based on comparison. And we had no basis for comparison.

Before the Mayflower

There are people who have class but who don't have style. There are people who have style but don't have class.

I realized for the first time the power and witchery of money, which is, with the possible exception of sex, the most fascinating subject in the world. Like sex, money inhabits a realm of magic and sorcery that transcends machines and numbers. Money can be counted, measured, weighed, but it can't be commanded or predicted.

Incredible

The darker the night, the brighter the stars.