This is not just a simple story of money can't buy happiness. Or maybe that's just what it is. And if it is, why shouldn't it be? Because if this is something we are already supposed to know, then why don't we know it? Why do we chase and scrabble and fight for things to flaunt, why? Why do we reach for power over other people, and through the thin superiority of our possessions, believe we have it? Why do we let money make people bigger, and allow those without it to be made smaller? How did we lose the truth in the frantic, tribal drumbeat of more, more, more? ✨ Deb Caletti (2009). The Fortunes of Indigo Skye, p.256, Simon and Schuster
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- Then again, what are liars if not great magicians? ✨ Deb Caletti (2010). The Secret Life of Prince Charming, p.129, Simon and Schuster
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- I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center. ✨ Deb Caletti (2011). Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, p.132, Simon and Schuster
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