“Make no mistake: Your salary is held to the same standards your grades were held to in the educational system, where you couldn't surpass a 100 no matter how hard you worked or how intelligent you ...”

“I would never sabotage you, Mya. He wiped away one of my stray tears with his fingertips. Of course, deep down I did want you to stay, but I had nothing but nice things to say about you. I even sai...”

“Work is my vacation from worry of what to do with my life”

“You have to get hurt . That is how you learn . The strongest people out there , the ones who laugh the hardest , those are the people who have fought the toughest battles . But they've decided long...”

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own wo...”

“I'm a heart surgeon, sure, but I'm just a mechanic. I go in and I fuck around and I fix things. Shit.”

“Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely t...”

“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking. ”

“Work is tough for everyone but for Kyle Shannon, it's just murder.”

“A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.”