Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 443

"I read the blog every fucking day. I just came in on a bus from...

"I read the blog every fucking day. I just came in on a bus from Maryland. The whole time I was thinking: ‘I’m going to find a cute old couple, I’m going to park next to them, and I’m going to get on HONY!’"

"My drinking caused one of my best friends to stop talking to...

"My drinking caused one of my best friends to stop talking to me."

“Why did he stop talking to you?”

“It wasn’t one thing. It was a million little things. It’s tough being someone who cares about a drunk.”

"I was a sheep in the play at church!"“Oh yeah? What was...

"I was a sheep in the play at church!"

“Oh yeah? What was the sheep’s job?”

“To follow the bigger kids on to the stage.”

"She’s very quiet and sort of does her own thing....

"She’s very quiet and sort of does her own thing. She’s not a cheerleader, and she’s not out partying every weekend when her friends’ parents are out of town. On one hand, it makes her a very easy child to raise. But on the other hand, I sometimes worry about her fitting in."

"Our tortoise got too big so he has to go live at the zoo."

"Our tortoise got too big so he has to go live at the zoo."

"If you were to give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you were to give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"

“Move to Florida.”

"What’s the nicest thing your brother has ever done for...

"What’s the nicest thing your brother has ever done for you?"

“One time he made me a card. It said: ‘Dear Steve, thanks for giving me a new toy.’”

"Moe was a doctor, but we were the least medicated family in New...

"Moe was a doctor, but we were the least medicated family in New York. He was very against prescription drugs, and very passionate about the benefits of veganism. Even though he was a doctor, he was always very wary of the healthcare industry. He thought the whole system was sustained by sickness, not health. He said there was little interest in curing patients, and little interest in killing patients, because everyone made their money off long-term illnesses sustained by drugs. Moe never charged his patients more than $5 per visit. Millionaires and homeless people paid the same price. For 30 years, he never once raised his prices. The IRS always thought our family was hiding money, because they didn’t believe a doctor could make so little."

"When I was 19, my girlfriend and I were going to study in...

"When I was 19, my girlfriend and I were going to study in Paris. Our boyfriends came to the docks to see us off. Right as we were getting on the ship, my friend’s boyfriend said to her: ‘If you go, I won’t wait for you.’ So she turned around and decided to stay. My fiance saw this and told me: ‘I won’t wait for you either.’

I said: ‘Don’t!’”

"He was away for almost four years during the war. When he wrote...

"He was away for almost four years during the war. When he wrote me letters, he was never allowed to tell me where he was. So he’d draw cartoons to help me guess."