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1 " And suddenly she is exhausted. And sad. A sadness so vast she feels like she is drowning in it... Because nothing is going to change. "
― , The Farm
2 " You should not raise them to be too tender, like little lambs. Small lambs, soft lambs—they make the best meat; they are always devoured. "
3 " The problem is that she is too pretty. When you are too pretty, the other parts of you do not become strong. "
4 " She doesn’t recognize that life, the very act of it, is blindingly, stupendously courageous "
5 " feeling sorry for people isn’t the same as loving them, much less helping them. "
6 " Sometimes a person has no choice but hard choices, "
7 " But you don’t have to be a top leader, or a bestselling writer, or an art-world darling to make your mark. Running simply to run faster is pointless. "
8 " because what do we really control but how we react to life’s curveballs? "
9 " As if being a good girl and being strong willed were in conflict. "
10 " Because in America you only have to know how to make money. Money buys everything else. "
11 " Mrs. Carter and Mr. Carter are very nice! It is only that you need to show respect. They will tell you to call them “Cate and Ted,” very American, very equal—but it is always “sir” and “ma’am.” They will tell you to “make yourself at home”—but they do not want you to make yourself at home! Because it is their home, not yours, and they are not your friends. They are your clients. Only that. "
12 " Reagan covers her face with her hands, willing an epiphany. Thinking so hard her head hurts and wondering if Dad is right, if she’s the kind of person who likes humanity in the abstract but has little interest in actual people. He always tells her that feeling sorry for people isn’t the same as loving them, much less helping them. "
13 " But how many Good, Obedient Anyones truly make it in the world? "
14 " Jane does not believe people are as free as Reagan thinks they are. Sometimes a person has no choice but hard choices, "
15 " Everybody is a little racist "
16 " Becca’s an eager one. Her ambition rubs some of the others the wrong way, but healthy competition pushes everyone to be better. And Mae respects Becca’s hunger. That’s what success boils down to, really, what separates the middling from the great. "
17 " Mae’s never understood why people—privileged people especially, like Reagan and Katie—insist that there’s something shameful in desiring money. No immigrant ever apologized for wanting a nicer life. "