“There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.”
― Sand and Foam
― Sand and Foam
“If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.”
― Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney
― Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney
“She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The angry person is acutely sensitive to all they are owed by the world, and blind to all they have received”
― Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations
― Philosophy for Life: And Other Dangerous Situations
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