My fingers will not type the words "her money became a burden to her" but I do think that her wealth was like a lazy servant - better than nothing but a source of unremitting annoyance because it never filled her most urgent needs. (Quentin Crisp)

My fingers will not type the words "her money became a burden to her" but I do think that her wealth was like a lazy servant - better than nothing but a source of unremitting annoyance because it never filled her most urgent needs.

Quentin Crisp

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