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The point is they’re status symbols. A Harvard degree is not so different from a designer handbag. They both signal that you’re part of the club, they open doors.
what makes a fake bag fake if it’s indistinguishable from the real thing? What gives the real bag its inherent value?
to share one’s secrets is to force others to bear your burden; to stay silent is to spare them.
“Everyone has a price. The trick is figuring out what it is without overpaying.”
Everyone else laughed along, and I followed suit, a split second behind, like an alien desperate to appear human.
