“Pride costs nothing, yet it is especially precious when it can be “purchased” at someone else’s expense.”
“There's nothing wrong with helping someone without a cost. Especially if there's no end return.”
“Regardless of expense, the way we are dressed can show how much pride we take in ourselves and how we value cleanliness. The impression given can range from careless and sloppy to precious and obsessional. Perhaps the most important thing is to be appropriate; we are generally most comfortable when wearing the right thing for the occasion.”
“Whatever the heart desires, it purchases at the cost of soul”
“No, nothing much had changed in the old neighborhood. She was still just an actress in someone else’s play.”
“He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.”