Sean Goh

“used to think that intelligence came from books and knowledge and rational thought. But that’s not intelligence: It’s just information and interpretation. Real intelligence is when your mind and your heart connect. That’s when you see the truth so clearly and unmistakably that you don’t have to think about it. In fact, all thinking will do is lead you away from the truth and soon you’ll be back in your head, groping with a penlight in the dark again.”
― Neil Strauss, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book about Relationships

“you shall learn, if you haven’t already, that in life insubordination is not only necessary but even, at times, exhilarating.”
― Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Verses for the Dead

“Letting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized future. What we gain is a life more in the present, where we are not mired in prolonged anger and resentment that doesn't serve us.”
― Harriet Lerner, Why Won't You Apologize?

“Manuel is a superb engineer with no imagination whatsoever, which makes him doubly dangerous - talent married to convention.”
― Douglas Preston, Beyond the Ice Limit