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1 " Wealth creeps under your epidermis like poison. It invades your posture, your gestures, the way you carry yourself. "
― L.S. Hilton , Maestra (Maestra #1)
2 " When you're no one from nowhere it's best to know your limits. Rich kids can play at bohemia, but wealth has long tendrils; it twines into a safety net which can also be a trap for the unprepared. Rich kids have families and backgrounds and connections, and they ask questions, because their world functions on being able to place people. I couldn't expose myself to that. "
3 " Choices are made before explanations, whether or not we care to know it. "
4 " I once read somewhere that people would worry much less about what others thought of them if they realized how seldom they did so. "
5 " Being civilized meant knowing about the right things. However much people pretend that doesn't matter, it's true. Disclaiming that is as foolish as thinking that beauty doesn't matter. And to get among the right things, you have to be among the people who possess them. Since one also likes to be thorough, knowing the difference between a hereditary and an honorary marquess always comes in handy. "
6 " Hate is better. Hate keeps you cold, keeps you moving fast, keeps you lonely. If you need to make yourself into someone else, loneliness is a good place to start. "
7 " Sometimes, just sometimes, if you close your eyes and wish really hard, life can be just like a movie. "
8 " Follar puede ser un placer totalmente exento de complicaciones, tan antiguo y elemental como el sabor a sal y tierra de una aceituna, o como un vaso de agua fresca tras una larga y polvorienta caminata. "
9 " Leía cientos de novelas buscando siempre detalles instructivos sobre las costumbres de ese extraño país llamado «clase»: sobre la manera de hablar y el vocabulario que distingue a los que forman parte de ese club invisible. Me esforcé incansablemente con los idiomas (...). Me instruí sobre vinos, sobre encuadernación de libros antiguos y sobre la plata de ley. Asistí a todos los recitales gratuitos (...); aprendí a usar el tenedor de postre y a imitar el acento de las clases dominantes. "
10 " people would worry much less about what others thought of them if they realized how seldom they did so. "
