“Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.”
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
― You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
“When you lose someone, you realize you'll eventually lose everyone.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“The weather decides when you think about it, not the other way around.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“And then it became harder to summon him, to smell his smell, to feel him lifting me up. My father died suddenly, but also across the years. He was still dying, really—which meant I guess that he was still living, too.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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