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Reading for the 2nd time
read in January 2008
Amelia said:
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I got this book for Xmas, and I was skeptical. As I read it now, the parallels are amazing, from his overpriced education (only completed to please others); to the reasons for his attachment to his car which he's later forced to abandon; his relation
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“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”
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“You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
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“What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what
he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.”
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