Ron Suskind, A Hope In The Unseen: An American Odyssey From The Inner City To The Ivy League Quotes
For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.
Choose your words meticulously and then let them rumble up from some deep furnace of conviction.
Reaching out to any fellow ghetto kids is an act he puts in the same category as doing drugs: the initial rush of warmth and euphoria puts you on a path to ruin.
It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying.