The Financial Lives of the Poets

And my disappointment is not that my own home has lost half its value. What disappoints me is me-that I fell for their propaganda when I knew better, that I actually allowed myself to believe that a person could own a piece of the world when the truth is that anything you try to own ends up owning you. We're all just renting

It is the only unforgivable thing, really... to feel sorry for yourself