Erica Brown

"I have an unfortunate personality," Orson Welles.

Bava Metzia 109a: "R. Papi said to R. Beivai bar Abaye: Is it because you come from unfortunate people that you say unfortunate things?"

"What we call real estate...is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests," Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Bava Metzia 108a: "There is no exploitation with regard to real estate" since prices fluctuate and land has no fixed value.

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society," Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Bava Metzia 107b: "Do not treat measuring lightly." Be precise in measuring land because not doing so may lead to controversy and strife.

"Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles," Bob Richards.

Bava Metzia 106a: "If you were worthy of a miracle occurring to you, a miracle would indeed have occurred to you." Who deems worthiness?

"Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person..." Alfred Hitchcock.

Bava Metzia 105a: Joint ventures may work out well because "the luck of two is better." Is it luck or is it the benefit of shared effort?

Bava Metzia 103a: "All farming of land is according to regional custom." Agricultural laws are set within the context of place.

Bava Metzia 104b:"When I gave you money (in this joint venture), it was for business and not to drink alcohol with it." Don't feed the habit

"It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts, you have no idea of the pain it gives one," Lord Byron.

Bava Metzia 102b: "Is a person likely to pay his debts on the day they are due, or not?" Do people feel the pressure of that deadline?

"When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go," Mary Lyon.

Bava Metzia 101a: "What is a field of one's ancestors? A field in the Land of Israel...a field of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." Land matters.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends," Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bava Metzia 100b: "And that buyer remains silent" is an admission in a dispute of the seller's claim. Speak up or risk losing it all.

@DrEricaBrown and so when my daughter joined us in our airbnb apt, I asked permission of the owners