#relevant quotes

“Tony has taught me that my habit of wanting to please people by saying that things are better than they are just creates disappointment, mine more than anyone else’s. It’s a form of control, as so much of generosity is.”

“They were careless people, [the rich] — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made… .”

I don't actually remember why I followed you to begin with but NOW I'm following you for the "i tell you what wow" tag 💜

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Look at us. Here we are in this amazing circumstance. Maybe someday, when we're long gone, people will talk about us. And when they do, our lives will be just stories to them. If they tell their children, we will become fairytales and, after awhile, people will doubt we really existed at all. But, here we are, aren't we? In this amazing circumstance.

There are men who struggle against destiny, and yet achieve only an early grave. There are men who flee destiny, only to have it swallow them whole. And there are men who embrace destiny, and do not show their fear. These are the ones that change the world forever.