Money Quote by Karen Hawkins

“For a moment he was filled with envy, revolt, and bitter jealousy. He asked himself why he was poor whilst others were rich.”

— Émile Zola

“Large sums passed through his hands. Nevertheless, nothing changed his way of life or added the slightest luxury to his simple life. Quite the…

— Victor Hugo

“Like all human beings, he thought money could by whatever he wanted.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Money was not a living thing. It wouldn’t run off anywhere if he left it alone. Probably.”

— Haruki Murakami

“She wasn’t everything to him. Money was.”

— Kwei Quartey

“That was his poverty, that was his sole wealth. As if by writing zero, he was starting over but with a consciousness of his…

— Albert Camus

“He was finding it ruinously expensive to be rich.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Unfortunately, since there was only one of him, most of his riches were wasted.”

— Jon Courtenay Grimwood

“He wondered what a visitor from the past would make of it. It used to be the poor who were thin and the rich…

— Kate Atkinson

“Now, he'd loved money for money's sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.”

— Steven J. Carroll

“He raged at his farm, forced it, added to it, drilled and trimmed, and his boundaries extended. He took no rest, no recreation, and…

— John Steinbeck

“Why was money worth everything when you had none of it, and nothing when you had too much?”

— Jeanette Winterson