“And this of course, was the simplest definition of depression that he knew of: strongly disliking yourself.”
― Freedom
― Freedom
“That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“I remember one morning getting up at dawn. There was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling. And I... I remember thinking to myself: So this is the beginning of happiness, this is where it starts. And of course there will always be more...never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment, right then.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Going Postal
― Going Postal
“Among the members of these upper income groups are US academic economists, many of whom believe that the economy of the United States is working fairly well and, in particular, that it rewards talent and merit accurately and precisely. This is a very comprehensible human reaction.”
― Capital in the Twenty First Century
― Capital in the Twenty First Century
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