"Wow," she had thought that being so rich would have had a lot of pros and cons, but hearing what she was saying right now made Karen's head spin. "I guess there are more cons, then pros in these sorts of lives, which is sad. I'd rather be broke, and happy, then rich, and unhappy," she said with a shake of her head.

"I guess money is not all that it is cracked up to be," she said finally. "How do you know so much about all of these people? I mean, do they confide in you? Or do you hear things? I mean, how do they do it, and how do you know it? It all seems like a giant ball of string that just got jumbled together, and can never get unjumbled," she said with a sigh.