Favorite Quotes from the Book Bitter Is the New Black

I rarely read a book like this. At first, I found it annoying and a waste of time. But the main character has a major life change that forces her to confront her spending habits, how she sees and treats other people, how she is treated when her perfect life abruptly ends and the time it takes to recoup from that.

And being the lifelong learner, I try to learn something from nearly every situation. And I don't give up. I finish books I start.

There are only a few dog-eared pages, but this is what I tabbed:

"...like Scarlett O'Hara says, 'I'll think about that tomorrow when I can stand it." pg. 153

Newly defined words:

• hoi polloi - the masses, the common people pg. 47
• vapid - offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging pg. 57
• puerile - childishly silly and trivial [pyo͝orˌīl/] pg. 59
• erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning pg. 145
• detente - the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries pg. 183
• timorous - showing or suffering from nervousness, fear or a lack of confidence pg. 185 

Lancaster, Jen. (2006). Bitter is the New Black. New York: New American Library.