Unto the Sons Quotes

“All families have their ups and downs, and sometimes a family can go from rags to riches, and from riches to rags, in three or four generations—and then the process starts all over again. It all depends on whether any energy is left. In the beginning, a family’s energy usually springs from misery. And this misery often produces a family member’s drive to escape to a better life; and sometimes he paves the way for other members to follow. So you have a family on the rise, motivated and industrious. And within a generation this industriousness can produce wealth. And with wealth can come status, even nobility. And with nobility comes pride, and often arrogance.”
― Gay Talese, Unto the Sons