People
The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
— Lady Nancy Astor
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A wry observation that success has a cost: the people who once looked down on you turn up eager to be around you, and they're dull. It's less about the achievement and more about the awkward irony of suddenly being courted by people who ignored you.
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