Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 391

"Now my happy feelings are twenty thousand times happier than...

"Now my happy feelings are twenty thousand times happier than they were before."

"I was never once afraid to fight. I was a brawler. A bull. I...

"I was never once afraid to fight. I was a brawler. A bull. I even fought in Madison Square Garden. But it knocked me out for a whole year when my mom died."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?""A princess.""What...

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"A princess."
"What kind of princess will you be?"
"The one from Frozen."

"I just got in a fight with my best friend.""What about?""I...

"I just got in a fight with my best friend."
"What about?"
"I don’t even know. It’s finals week."

“One time we were driving through Italy, and we were listening...

“One time we were driving through Italy, and we were listening to a radio station that played nothing but melodramatic Italian love songs. So we started inventing translations. The stories we made up kept getting more and more ridiculous, and the laughter kept escalating until soon we were both in tears.”

“The shelter gives you homework to keep your mind busy.”

“The shelter gives you homework to keep your mind busy.”

"He broke up with me once. For a day."

"He broke up with me once. For a day."

“I had forty acres and a new home out in California. I was...

“I had forty acres and a new home out in California. I was working as a stone mason. I could bring in $6000 cash some weeks. Then I was walking home one night and someone tried to kill me. I got brain damage. I lost my sense of smell, my sense of taste, most of my hearing, and now I can barely stand without getting dizzy. I must have fallen and cracked my head open thirty times since then. Everything I knew has been washed out into the water. I’ve tried to commit suicide several times.”

"What’s your favorite thing about her?""She still gets...

"What’s your favorite thing about her?"
"She still gets giddy when she sees a firefly."

"I’m broke. I’ll tell you what… give me $200...

"I’m broke. I’ll tell you what… give me $200 and I’ll let you take pictures of me all day long. We can go anywhere in the city. We’ll even get my hair cut so I look just like Martin Lawrence."