“Of course the dust is building up unseen, but you learn to repress this for as long as it goes unnoticed by guests. And then one day someone moves a piece of furniture without your say-so, and everything comes into plain view. Dirt and scratch marks. Permanent damage to the parquet floor. By then it’s too late.”
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“I don’t wish to possess anything so that I may be left free to experience everything.”
“The best way to learn how to handle being rich is to grow up poor.”
“Kindness is the key that opens the door of favour and beautiful surprises.”
“Because you reckoned money is everything, you regrettably died doing everything for money.”