Another1toTbr ’s Reviews > Madonna in a Fur Coat > Status Update

"He seemed pleased to have run into me. Perhaps b/c it gave him a
chance to show me how well he’d done, or b/c, when he looked at me,
he was so glad he wasn’t like me.When misfortune visits those who once
walked alongside us, we do tend to feel relief, almost as if we believe we
have ourselves been spared, and as we come to convince ourselves that they're suffering in our stead, we feel for these wretched creatures."

"if anything, too fastidious – believing, as he did, that attentiveness was a
necessary ingredient of success. It was, perhaps, a quirk accorded to those
who had risen to positions of importance – to be deliberately inattentive in
the presence of old (and less successful) friends."

"He seemed so confident, so pleased with himself. He could now, after all,
enjoy the luxury of helping his friends. How I envied him!"