Jean

“Without the ability to feel sad, a person could not be kind or thoughtful, because you wouldn't care or know how anybody else feels. Without sadness, you would never learn anything from history. Sadness is the key to loving what you love and to becoming better than you were. A person who never felt sad would be a monster.”
― Richard Powers, Playground

“Aristotle said that happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.” I doubled down on my belief that computer scientists should never dabble in philosophy. “What does that mean, exactly?” “What makes you happy, Todd Keane? What’s your work? How do you define a day well spent?”
― Richard Powers, Playground

“The editor knew that no one had ever lost a sale by underestimating the desire of the reading public to read at a simpler level.”
― Richard Powers, Playground

“Curiosity was the core inner value of all the strongest players.”
― Richard Powers, Playground