About This Quote
In Paris and London he had seen nothing to make a return to life worth while. This quote is a reference to the fact that the world of fashion is not always a pleasant one. It is a world in which people are constantly competing with one another. In this world where there are no rules, it is easy for jealousy and greed to take hold.
In many cases, the only thing that keeps people from going crazy is their love for their families and from what they have learned from others around them. So when they decide that their life has been a failure and they may as well die, they can always look back at their life with some measure of peace if they remember what they have gained from it. There are some things that money can’t buy, but there are other things that money can buy if you have the right perspective on life.