Lisa

“When a person dies, he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past…All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever. —KURT VONNEGUT, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE”
― Blake Crouch, Recursion

“On the other hand, when was the last time you heard about someone who stuck with a dead-end job or a dead-end relationship or a dead-end sales prospect until suddenly, one day, the person at the other end said, “Wow, I really admire your persistence; let’s change our relationship for the better”? It doesn’t happen.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.’ Einstein said that about his friend Michele Besso. Lovely, isn’t it? I think he was right.”
― Blake Crouch, Recursion

“All coping does is waste your time and misdirect your energy. If the best you can do is cope, you’re better off quitting.”
― Seth Godin, The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit