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“They have machines for that now,” I say, pointing.
“Yes, they do,” he agrees. “But the automation of labour is a conspiracy of de-humanisation. Work is of our nature. Giving even our chores to the machine saves time at the expense of self.”

I sort of forgot I was reading this whoops

“Those Above work all their lives to support us Below. Their lungs decay, and their bodies feel tremendous pain. But they will be rewarded later, in the life after this one."

Indentured servitude, a great systematic idea

Oh! Oh my god! What the fuck is happening, are you seriously getting off not even a few meters away from your fathers death spot!

ITS HIS MOM ISNT IT

Oh nevermind, she's smart about this at least, thankfully

There's no fucking way, oh my god

That literally was not Hayden's fault, if anything that was Felicia's fault for asking him to go instead.

"Not because he was brilliant (though he was), but because he was afraid."

Okay, the last few pages have been a complete twist but NOW? I still don't feel the least bit sorry for Georgina, oh my god girl what are you doing?????????

That dedication is terribly heartbreaking

Genuinely what is going on

Oh that's why!

Who tf is Monique and why is she cheating

"How can one ever repay such kindnesses?
I guess I’ll find out.
Oddly, some of them have been coming by lately around dinnertime.
For them, it’s only about the food.
Gluttons."

"But the most important thing is, I can finally taste it all.
All of it.
All of that food glorious food."

I forget how small celebrity world seems to be, either way, can't say reading those names was a pleasant addition here

Wtf, where can I find friends who would casually invite me to go around the Amalfi coast on their boat with them???? Please????

Stop, they named their wedding menu courses after his children, that's so sweet

"Often I find that many of the restaurants that have earned this coveted award are a bit fussy, to say the least, and I’ve left a few of them completely famished, as I have never found pretentiousness very filling."

"Spaghetti alla carbonara.
Fuck.
It’s incredible.
Especially at this one place in Rome.
FUCK!!!!"

I'm dying

"It is in these kinds of places that today one can purchase a cup of coffee for what, when I was young, was once the price of a hearty meal served with an unusual slice of ethnic culinary history on the side."

"Buono! Perche io ho une fame che parla con Dio!"

"You can’t know if you don’t like something if you haven’t had it. You have to try it. You have to try everything."

Another bio??? Crazy, I know