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“wanting is also lacking. That is what “want” means.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“find a good book. And sit down and read it. There will be times in your life when you'll feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. I want you to remember that. The more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“Maybe the point of life is to give up certainty and to embrace life’s beautiful uncertainty.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“The whole of consumerism is based on us wanting the next thing rather than the present thing we already have. This is an almost perfect recipe for unhappiness.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“To enjoy life, we might have to stop thinking about what we will never be able to read and watch and say and do, and start to think of how to enjoy the world within our boundaries. To live on a human scale. To focus on the few things we can do, rather than the millions of things we can't. To not crave parallel lives. To find a smaller mathematics. To be a proud and singular one. An indivisible prime.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
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