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“To become wondrously successful and to sustain that success in any profession, one must be willing to relinquish many pleasures and be ready to postpone gratification. “

“It’s the tragedy of loving, you can’t love anything more than something you miss. “

Does anyone on my friends list have any recommendations for books about New Orleans? Preferably non-fiction or historical fiction.

“When you’re young and healthy, you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again. “

"And then it occurred to me that imagining death must have been to me on some level less frightening than imagining living--i.e., going forward into this risky, terrifying unknown despite the possibility of failure."

oh man, this is going to be a fast read for me. I'm really enjoying it.

"people need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want."

"the crystal merchant awaoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that he felt every morning. he had been in the same place for thirty years...now it was too late to change anything. "

"what's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.
"it's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. that's the world's greatest lie. "

"I think you think that sitting at your desk, frowning and smiling somehow makes you think you're actually living some fascinating life. you comment on things, and that substitutes for doing them. "

"there's this new neediness--it pervades everything. "

"tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in it's addictive caress.