The Great Divide Quotes

“I should have stopped to rest sooner that morning, but didn’t. I’d got a bad dose of the NFEs. NFE stands for Not Far Enough – the irresistible compulsion to go on and on till you ruin whatever you’re doing. In this case it was wading through sage, but it happens with many other things – tightening a bolt is a classic example, though painting, writing, [and] correcting a child are all susceptible. The solution, of course, is knowing when to stop.”
― Stephen Pern, The Great Divide