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“Just as soon as you get over your fixation with being on an equal financial footing as I am, maybe we can start looking?”
“Change will require a conscious effort. You’ll be pushing against the weight of your own history.” “What does that mean?” “Like walking against the wind. When you begin to do something different, there is a resistance. It is easier to walk on a path already there than it is to cut a new one.”
“Change, Alex, comes about from a commitment to making a difference. To deviating from the path of history.” “Walking into the headwind.” “Exactly!”
“Good decisions lead to good decisions, just as bad decisions beget more bad decisions. Worth bearing in mind.”
It’s funny: it’s not the likelihood that I’ve been wronged that’s upsetting me. No. It’s her sympathy that’s crushing me. I can’t bear it.
The worst our enemies can do is turn us into them.
Whatever I do, he’ll find fault with it. He has long chosen his opinion of me, and no matter how well or otherwise I live this life, I will disappoint him. The only choice I have is whether to give a shit or not. How I wish I’d known that years ago.
This—our predicament—you could see it as a curse, forced to live life out of order, never knowing what comes next, what matters and what doesn’t. But it can be a very fine gift as well. In the right hands...”
To my wife. As unpredictable and disorderly as life may be, when we face it together with the right person, we can do anything. Really, that’s what the previous few hundred pages have been about. Thank you for everything, Vikki. The last words of this book belong to you.
