“And when the event, the big change in your life, is simply an insight—isn't that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you're less fearful and less anxious and generally stronger as a result: isn't it amazing that a completely invisible thing in your head can feel realer than anything you've experienced before? You see things more clearly and you know that you're seeing them more clearly. And it comes to you that this is what it means to love life, this is all anybody who talks seriously about God is ever talking about. Moments like this.”
― The Corrections
― The Corrections
“Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“I'll say God seems to have a kind of laid-back management style I'm not crazy about. I'm pretty much anti-death. God looks by all accounts to be pro-death. I'm not seeing how we can get together on this issue, he and I.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?”
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
― The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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