“Remember no one really cares what you look like. They care what they look like. You are the only person in the world to have worried about your face.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do, but are avoiding.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
“You know, doctor, wisdom comes at a hell of an hour—when youth is gone, the storm is over and the girls have gone home.”
― Hot Water Music
― Hot Water Music
“Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.”
― Feel Free: Essays
― Feel Free: Essays
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are dangerously near to wanting nothing.’ —Sylvia Plath”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
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