“You always have bad dreams?” “I often have bad dreams. Generally, trauma about vending machines eating my change.”
“This may seem a little ghoulish, but it is simply the way of the world. Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Me, if I’d been born in the nineteenth century, I’m sure I could have written better novels. Maybe not your Dostoyevsky, but a known second-rate novelist.”
― A Wild Sheep Chase
― A Wild Sheep Chase
“Our idea of happiness is the main obstacle to happiness.”
― How to Relax
― How to Relax
“That summer, Sam’s greatest spiritual experience was with the Donkey Kong machine in his grandparents’ pizza place.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“If something wonderful happens to one of us, it happens to all of us. If something awful happens to one of us, it happens to all of us. This answer comes from the insight of no-self. With the insight of no-self you see that your suffering, your fear, is a collective suffering. With the insight of no-self, you see that happiness is a collective happiness. We are not separated.”
― How to Relax
― How to Relax
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