twenty-seven years and one million words
We've packed up the used heater that wasn't working properly and have bought a new one in its place. ¥20,000 more but after one half day it's working very well indeed. You get what you pay for, who knew.
It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
—John Steinbeck, Cannery Row