"We're here to get each other through this thing, whatever it is."

--

Mark Vonnegut

“In life there is not time to grieve long.”
“I don't play any tournaments to come second best.”
“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.”
“I loved the work. I missed it for years after I was arrested. I couldn't drive past 100 Centre New York City Criminal Court, that whole area, without crying, seeing people going to court and knowing I couldn't do that anymore. I still do miss it. I don't think I could ever go back. Maybe I could consider second-seating my son or someone else whose work I respect. But I could not take on any responsibility. I'm out of step; I haven't kept up.”
“I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.”
“Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.”
“Life is all about having a good time.”
“The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.”

Source : "Anti-Goeze (1778)". "God Is Not Great". Book by Christopher Hitchens. Chapter 19, 2007.

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