Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 17

“It’s like being in Hawaii. That’s the feeling. There’s n...

“It’s like being in Hawaii. That’s the feeling. There’s no pressure, and you never want to leave....

“Last night I watched Casablanca for the 400th time on Ch...

“Last night I watched Casablanca for the 400th time on Channel 82. That’s enough. I don’t care what...

“From all sour faced saints, deliver me O’ Lord. I don’t ...

“From all sour faced saints, deliver me O’ Lord. I don’t want to be with a grouch, a crab, a...

“He dresses basic.“

“He dresses basic.“

“I’m aware of it all day, every day. We’re triggered all ...

“I’m aware of it all day, every day. We’re triggered all the time, even the best of us. On the plane...

“He doesn’t have no sibling either.”

“He doesn’t have no sibling either.”

“Get a plant and name it after yourself. I tell that to e...

“Get a plant and name it after yourself. I tell that to everyone, especially if they have trouble...

“I packed on the muscle to cover it up. What our neighbor...

“I packed on the muscle to cover it up. What our neighbor did to me; when I was a kid. It left such...

“It’s just nice to find someone who doesn’t judge you tha...

“It’s just nice to find someone who doesn’t judge you that you can judge other...

“My wife was the quarterback. Listen, I’m man enough to say...

“My wife was the quarterback. Listen, I’m man enough to say that. I led the way on the exciting stuff like vacations and road trips: ‘Let’s go to Maryland for no reason,’ and stuff like that. But she led the way at home. Our kids are sweethearts because of her. She paid all the bills. She cooked all the meals. That was her home. She was the quarterback of the house. Now my whole team got broken up, and all I got was our dog Pinky. You want me to be honest with you? I hated the fucking dog. She’s ADHD, this dog. She’ll look in your eyes and piss on the floor, this dog. We had an understanding: I didn’t like her, she didn’t like me. But on the day my wife kicked me out, I said: ‘At least let me take the dog. So I can have something to cuddle with.’ Pinky and I slept in the bed together that very first night. The next morning we looked at each other like: ‘This is how it is. I guess we gotta love each other.’ My little Pinky. That’s my whole team right now. But Pinky’s not the quarterback. I’m the quarterback.“