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"What's crazy is the parallels between this book and the points tolstoy is making in war and peace. humans are designed for causal thinking and will jump to the simplest explanation without understanding or considering that, often, there are a myriad of factors leading to something (like tolstoy's point that generals in the army don't really do shit, it's a matter of 23982938 data points)" — Jan 24, 2018 07:59PM
"What's crazy is the parallels between this book and the points tolstoy is making in war and peace. humans are designed for causal thinking and will jump to the simplest explanation without understanding or considering that, often, there are a myriad of factors leading to something (like tolstoy's point that generals in the army don't really do shit, it's a matter of 23982938 data points)" — Jan 24, 2018 07:59PM
At night she and her daughter lit the house with candles and kerosene lamps; they warmed themselves and cooked with wood and coal, pumped kitchen water into a dry sink through a pipeline from a well and lived pretty much as though progress
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“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’
Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
― The Secret History
Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of it,” he had said, “as redistribution of matter.”
― The Secret History
“There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That's where it starts.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
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