“There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.” PeopleWorldKindTwoWisdomTodayUsedPoliticsEconomyKnowingThis WorldGoldHorseStuckImpressionAssLiberalismGrandmotherCoveredMy Grandmother Book:Don Quixote Source: Don Quixote
“Kitsch is the most pernicious of all prisons. The bars are covered with the gold of simplistic, unreal feelings, so that you take them for the pillars of a palace.” FeelingsGoldPrisonBarsCoveredPalacesUnrealPillarsPerniciousKitsch Book:Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel Source: Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel
“He was in blue jeans and a work shirt, which is another weird quirk of Rich Old Men. Just one of the guys here. Blue jeans and a work shirt, salt of the earth, working man like yourself. Like they're somehow uncomfortable about being rich enough to sleep in a bed made of vaginas being pulled around the town at night by a fleet of gold-covered midgets.” MenMadeEnoughEarthNightGuySleepRichBedGoldTownsBlueUncomfortableShirtsJust OneOld ManCoveredSaltJeansBeing RichLike YourselfQuirksWorking ManMidgetBlue JeansSalt Of The Earth Author:Warren Ellis