“Hows your first week so far? Isabele asks.Well, let me see, I begin. Chloe says my penmanship is shit, and I was only thirty minutes early this morning, which apparently means Im late, but on the b...”

“You really want my honest opinion? I ask. Anton gestures for me to go on. Please, this is why I hired you, devochka. I detect a little hint of sarcasm, but I go ahead and say, I hate restaurants li...”

“Daniel: So, how are you?Sophie: Buckling under the weight of a thousand expectations. You?”

“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...”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”