Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

by Mark Manson

Because the only thing that can ever truly destroy a dream is to have it come true.

“God is dead” was not some obnoxious atheistic gloating, as it is usually interpreted today. No. It was a lament, a warning, a cry for help. Who are we to determine the meaning and significance of our own existence? Who are we to decide what is good and right in the world? How can we bear this burden?

Death is psychologically necessary because it creates stakes in life. There is something to lose. You don’t know what something is worth until you experience the potential to lose it.

Pain opens up the moral gaps that eventually become our most deeply held values and beliefs.