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optimistic assumptions are the fastest way to become deeply disillusioned by human nature. Best to anticipate the worst and then enjoy the momentary satisfaction of having your predictions pan out.
Here I’ve been thinking of myself as a realist (Jon would call me a pessimist, and I suppose one could make the argument for those being the same thing).
Fact: People are the cause of most pain. Fact: I cannot handle any more pain right now.
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He had a wide, welcoming face, though it’s possible that was said of Charles Manson.
But maybe time doesn’t so much heal wounds as weaken one’s convictions.
But after years of focusing on what I thought I needed to focus on, now I have to figure out what I really want.
Life is too short to be living the story someone else has told about you.”
if you’re willing to look for joy and open yourself to new possibilities, the end is not an ending at all. It’s a beginning.