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"A life's work is of no interest unless it's a relentless struggle with the great unknown. ... He was seeing clearly. He could say it to himself, there, alone in his bed, while a broad smile moistened his whiskers: 'I don't live to keep an eye on my commercial interests. I live to keep an eye on the gods.'"

im so mad today and all i can do to calm down is plank and read this book