“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? ”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.”
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“Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their
lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
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