

“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”
― This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
― This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest

“The point is there ain't no point.”
― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest

“California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.”
― White Noise
― White Noise

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