“The tenement at 179 [East 93rd Street, NYC] was the first real home I can remember. Until we moved there we had lived like gypsies, never traveling far -- in fact never out of the neighborhood -- but always moving, haunted and pursued by eviction notices, attachments, and glinty-eyed landlord's agents. The Marxes were poor, very poor. We were always hungry. And we were numerous. But thanks to the amazing spirit of my father and my mother, poverty never made any of us depressed or angry. My memory of my earliest years is vague but pleasant, full of the sound of singing and laughter, and full of people I loved.” FamilyPovertyNostalgiaFamily LoveFamily SecuritySurviving Poverty Book:HARPO SPEAKS! Source: HARPO SPEAKS!
“When you lose something irreplaceable, you don´t mourn for the thing you lost. You mourn for yourself.” LossSorrowNostalgiaMourningThe Good Old Days Book:Harper speaks Source: Harper speaks
“I don't know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they came along, I've had a lot of extra time to enjoy life.” SuccessLife PhilosophyEnjoying LifeEnjoy Life To The FullestEnjoyment Of Life Book:HARPO SPEAKS! Source: HARPO SPEAKS!