“Her whole life, she'd been judged, told what kinds of jobs she could and couldn't do. All those people who said, Just try harder, all you need to succeed is the right attitude — they were a bunch of idiots. It didn't matter how much they lectured her about being self motivated, because she'd been assigned to the lesser group from the get-go. But most people didn't understand this even if she tried to explain.”
A renowned contemporary Japanese novelist, born on October 7, 1951. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound social insight, with notable titles including 'The Devotion of Suspect X'. more
“If you don’t define your worth in financial terms, the world will undervalue your story.”
“You inherit your mindset before you inherit your money.”
“The most dangerous debt is the kind you justify emotionally.”
“What you believe about money shapes what you allow it to do for or to you.”
“You don’t rise to your income, you fall to your financial habits.”
“Wealth was a disguise that had to be continually renewed.”
“Why did rich people waste their wealth trying to get richer in sleazy ways?”
“Wealth buys bodyguards, not just diamonds” — Yvonne Padmos, Ella in Marbella”