Brandon Stanton · 428 pages
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“I've learned that every feeling will pass if you give it time. And if you learn to deal with your feelings, they'll pass by faster each time. So don't rush to cover them up by medicating them. You've got to deal with them.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“The great thing about New York is that if you sit in one place long enough, the whole world comes to you.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“I'm having trouble dealing with society."
"What aspect of society?"
"The whole thing.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“The sadness is under the thoughts. It's like when you're on a camping trip, and it's really cold, and you put on extra socks and an extra sweater, but you still can't get warm, because the coldness is in your bones.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“I'm a feminist. So if a woman and I are going for the last empty seat on the subway, I'm not holding back.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“Shes's always been very accepting and patient with my trust issues. I've always had a hard time getting close. But no matter how many times I doubted, she just kept saying: 'I'm not going anywhere.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“Anyone who has a two hundred-plus IQ runs the risk of just hanging out because you get too involved in your own thoughts and you just want to sit there and think about .”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“Anyone who has a two hundred-plus IQ runs the risk of just hanging out because you get too involved in your own thoughts and you just want to sit there and think about them.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“I have a lot of mental illness right now. Half of my energy goes into taking care of myself. I've been daydreaming about shaving my head fully 'cause then I'll look as sick as I feel.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“It might be a cultural thing, but I was always scolded for showing emotion. Sadness was always met with anger.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“There are two books in America: one for the poor and one for the rich. The poor person does a crime and gets forty years. A rich person gets a slap on the wrist for the same crime.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“Sometimes it's hard not to fall in love with your friends.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“The more times I fall in love, the less sure I am about love.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“I'm trying to write a book based on myself, but i keep changing.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“If you're a thief, don't complain about being robbed.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
“Animals only want to live. It's humans that demand more than they need.”
― Brandon Stanton, quote from Humans of New York: Stories
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