As for Gus, he had come to Haddan with no appreciation for the human race and no expectations of his fellow man. He was full ready to confront contempt; he'd been beleaguered and insulted often enough to have learned to ignore anything with a heartbeat. Still, every once in a while he made an exception, as he did with Carlin Leander. He appreciated everything about Carlin and lived for the hour when they left their books and sneaked off to the graveyard. Not even the crow nesting in the elm tree could dissuade him from his mission, for when he was beside Carlin, Gus acquired a strange optimism; in the light of her radiance the rest of the world began to shine. For a brief time, bad faith and human weakness could be forgotten or, at the very least, temporarily ignored. When it came time to go back to their rooms, Gus followed on the path, holding on to each moment, trying his best to stretch out time. Standing in the shadows of the rose arbor in order to watch Carlin climb back up the fire escape at St. Anne's, his heart ached. He could tell he was going to be devastated, and yet he was already powerless. Carlin always turned and waved before she stepped through her window and Gus Pierce always waved back, like a common fool, an idiot of a boy who would have done anything to please her.
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ANDREW HOFFMAN I don't need the trophy or ribbon to remind me of my accomplishments or anything. ANDREW HOFFMAN If you contrast the productivity that comes from a networked or capitalist distribution of resources... REID HOFFMAN The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive... PAUL HOFFMAN That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest. BETH HOFFMAN I want to do the best I can, since I made it, and just have fun. ANNELISE HOFFMAN I think it's like 21 hours a week (training time). ANNELISE HOFFMAN I don't really have a favorite event, I like them all. ANNELISE HOFFMAN We do more routines as the regional gets closer. ANNELISE HOFFMAN Our goal is to empower consumers. We're trying to give them the most up-to-date information possible... AMANDA HOFFMAN People are spending a long time on the site. They're looking at their own homes, their bosses' homes... AMANDA HOFFMAN We are in beta mode. We completely expected that some of our data was not going to be accurate. AMANDA HOFFMAN Oh, my goodness. That may be a bug. AMANDA HOFFMAN We know it's rocky right now. But the sky's the limit. AMANDA HOFFMAN All of this was public information; it was just really hard for the consumer to get. AMANDA HOFFMAN It's really designed to give you a starting point. If you're not feeling well, you can enter in your... AMANDA HOFFMAN You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimil... ABBIE HOFFMAN Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way dow... REID HOFFMAN The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. ... REID HOFFMAN