Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 379

"I’m always checking the Wikipedia pages of my idols to...

"I’m always checking the Wikipedia pages of my idols to see where they were at my age."

"Going through life without God is like being an astronaut...

"Going through life without God is like being an astronaut tumbling out of control in outer space. You grab on to this, but it breaks, and you tumble some more. Every time you lose something that you tried to hold on to— your marriage, your job, your mom— you start tumbling even faster. So you’ve got to stay close. You can’t cut your umbilical cord. But you don’t have to go to church. God is everywhere. God is that blade of grass trying to come up through the concrete. So many people go to church, and leave church, not even realizing that they are the church. You just need to make a determination in your mind that you want to find and believe in the truth."

"Seeing her do all these beautiful movements on stage, when...

"Seeing her do all these beautiful movements on stage, when you’ve watched her grow from the tiniest little thing… oh man, those dance recitals make me cry."

"I think I sell myself short sometimes. I’m afraid to ask...

"I think I sell myself short sometimes. I’m afraid to ask for what I want, because a part of me is afraid I don’t deserve it."

"I made the mistake of dating inside the friend group. Then when...

"I made the mistake of dating inside the friend group. Then when we broke up, the friend group went with him."

"I told her: ‘You know that feeling you get about Dad?...

"I told her: ‘You know that feeling you get about Dad? Well I feel that way too. About a girl.’"

Seen in Midtown

Seen in Midtown

"After the kid came, we both became less attached to each other,...

"After the kid came, we both became less attached to each other, and more attached to the kid. We stopped talking to each other at night. We stopped being intimate."
"Did you realize you this was happening?"
"We did."
"Then why didn’t you stop it?"
"Because I think we both wanted it to happen."

"I’m gonna be an ice cream man!"

"I’m gonna be an ice cream man!"

"There weren’t as many easy jobs when I was coming up....

"There weren’t as many easy jobs when I was coming up. None of these sit-behind-the-keyboard jobs. I was a necktie manufacturer. I worked harder for my dollars, and every year they are worth less and less. I think it’s a government conspiracy against the working man."