Admission Quotes

“An important part of growing up is letting yourself see the world around you as it truly is, even if you don't like what you see or your own complicity in it.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“I wonder if that’s one definition of growing up—replacing your parents’ voices in your head with your own. I wonder if I’ll one day get there.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“Money makes you weak because it tricks you into thinking you’re strong.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“People forget that about novels. It’s not our job to like our main character. It’s our job to try to understand them. Let’s be honest, most people are deeply unlikeable.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“This is because Simon and Axl are inseparable, and because they’re both floppy-haired, wiry white boys who golf. I know exactly what they will look like in twenty years, how far their hairlines will recede and their guts will extend, and how soon they’ll molt into Republicans for tax reasons,”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“I killed people's dreams”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission

“I think about all the things money can and cannot buy.

A spot at SCC, but not a moral compass. Health care and rehab, but not immunity from our worst impulses. Fluency in Mandarin, but not the ability to talk honestly.

Privilege and large heaping chunks of the world, but not confidence. Or self-reflection.

And certainly not courage. No, money doesn’t buy courage. In fact, if I’ve learned anything since the scandal, it’s that the opposite is true.

Money makes you weak because it tricks you into thinking you’re strong.”
― Julie Buxbaum, Admission