The Widow of Wall Street Quotes

“make sure you choose work that makes you happy”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“Rich people thought themselves special, but in truth, they simply possessed extra layers of insulation against the winds of misfortune.”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“You’re the smartest, strongest little girl in the world.” She and her still-best-friend, Helen, prayed that their daughters might grow up with a greater lust for doctorates than wedding rings.”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“What I want most is . . .” She stopped. What did she want most? “Honestly, all I need is for us to do three things in this world: take good care of our family, do good work we can be proud of, and concentrate on bringing out the best in each other.”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“Two lines from the book (The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan) remained wedged in her memory "It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself," and "The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

“Phoebe had become two almost-spectral things: a widow to a living man, and a childless mother”
― Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street