Duchess

"The point of life is not just to survive something, but to thrive, be happy."
- Meghan Markle

Athenian

“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
– Euripides [480 - 406 BCE]

southern gothic

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
- Flannery O'Connor

can money buy us happiness?

Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2015, gives his answer here.

acrobat

“I improve on misquotation.”
– Cary Grant

acumen

"I've turned my mental illness into a business model."
- Stephen Colbert