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"Am not sure of the direction my life will take at this juncture. I am sure of nothing except that to believe you know where you are headed is not to understand where one is at the moment." - Special Agent Cooper

"We all want expanded consciousness and bliss. It's natural, human desire. And a lot of people look for it in drugs. But the problem, is that the body, the physiology, takes a hard hit on drugs. Drugs injure the nervous system, so they just make it harder to get those experiences on your own."

"Mexico has never had a successful hero. To be heros, they had to fail. Cuauhtèmic, Hidalgo, Madero, Zapata. The hero who triumphed, Cortes, is not accepted as such. This may extend to the nation itself: Has Mexico ever accepted itself as triumphant? No, we taste and take seriously only our defeats. Victories are converted into empty holidays; Cinco de Mayo."

At 1423 pages this book is an epic in length as well as in story line. I'm loving it but am trying to finish it this weekend.

Only on page 733 of 1423. I may have to stay up all week to finish this epic. I wasn't sure I was going to like it but glad I stuck with it. Seems to be historically accurate also.