Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

grief is an illness I can't recover from.

If you're unhappy, change something.

Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.

Poise and indifference so often look the same.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.