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“I survive mainly by pleasing others. You do that to get out. To get out you figure out what they want you to say and then you say it with as much skill and originality as possible and then, if they’re convinced, you get out.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“We're always lucky," I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
― A Way of Being
― A Way of Being
“I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.”
― A Way of Being
― A Way of Being
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