“Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
― Women
― Women
“After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given moment, all the while pretending that they’d actually made some sort of choice.”
― Little Children
― Little Children
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."
[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
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[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
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“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”
― The Infinity Sign
― The Infinity Sign
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