Even the feeling of time passing changes on our walk: with less to notice, time speeds up. The capacity to attend is ours; we just forget how to turn it on. The second element takes advantage of individual expertise. There is a certain bias
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“These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency.”
― Oryx and Crake
― Oryx and Crake
“Something dug into the Bloody-Nine's back, but there was no pain. It was a sign. A message in a secret tongue, that only he could understand. It told him where the next dead man was standing.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“A man who does't want opinions should keep his own mouth shut.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“And if a friend does you wrong, then say: "I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however--how could I forgive that!”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“Why do big men tend to have such little brains? Perhaps they get by on brawn too often, and their minds dry up like plums in the sun.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
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