"Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold. Blindly planning for it, envisioning things that weren't the case. This was the working of the will. This was what gave the world purpose and direction. Not what was there but what was not."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

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“Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.”
“I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done.”
“With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.”
“Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect.”
“It's amazing to watch somebody who is kind of this sleazy, degenerate lothario, sex-crazed guy become sort of a romantic, settled-down man about to have a baby.”

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“Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each day...children die of hunger.... Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that bloomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects. Please do not think we must be solemn in order to meditate. In fact, to meditate well, we have to smile a lot.”
“No artist tolerates reality.”
“There's nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister”

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