“If I want to buy nice clothing, or beautiful shoes or a bag, that’s one of the perks of the trade.”— Laura Wasser, nytimes.com
“With flying vacations on hold, there’s been a frenzy of boat sales.”— Mimi Montgomery, washingtonian.com
“On a clear day, looking out at the towers along the East River, you could practically see their tiny handprints smeared on the glass: the competition.”— Jessica Pressler, thecut.com
“I am just a being in their home, I remembered, just a body, a transaction.”— Margaret Grace Myers, thecut.com
“The world was charmed when she was around—the normal rules didn’t seem to apply.”— Rachel DeLoache Williams, vanityfair.com
“Rich people run funny. Must be all the money in their pockets. Or their big, rich, golden wieners. Eh, it's probably their wieners.”— Scott Jacobson, Linda Belcher, John Roberts, imdb.com
“Wealth isn’t earned fresh in each new generation by plucky go-getters. It is passed down, preserved, and expanded through generous tax laws and the assiduous transmission of social and cultural capital.”— Nicole Aschoff, theguardian.com
“When are we gonna stop pretending it's regular people's fault the planet's dying because they wont go vegan or take 5 minute showers and start actually blaming corporations that produce astronomical pollution and dump toxic waste directly into the mouths of great whales like”— queer space communist, twitter.com
“Secret settlements perpetuate the problem. They allow rich men to continue to be sexual predators.”— Jackie Speier, newyorker.com
“What I want to talk about at this point is not what Harvey did. It’s more about the system that protected him and that enabled him, because that’s the only thing that we can change. Money and power enabled, and the legal system has enabled. Ultimately, the reason Harvey Weinstein followed the route…”— Zelda Perkins, newyorker.com
“Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position.”— Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, bbc.com
“One day I hope to be wealthy enough to own a dining room that no one is allowed to eat in for some reason.”— NoticablyBacon, twitter.com
“Tough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else.”— Noam Chomsky, cat.org.au