The Big Picture Quotes

“We all crave latitude in life, yet simultaneously dig ourselves deeper into domestic entrapment. We may dream of traveling light but accumulate as much as we can to keep us burdened and rooted to one spot. And we have no one to blame but ourselves. Because-though we all muse on the theme of escape-we stil find the notion of responsibility irresistible. The career, the house, the dependents, the debt-it grounds us. Provides us with a necessary security, a reason to get upin the morning. It narrows choice and ergo, gives us certainty. And though just about every man I know rails against being so cul-de-saced by domesic burden, we all embrace it. Embrace it with a vengeance.”
― Douglas Kennedy, The Big Picture

“We all crave latitude in life, yet simultaneously dig ourselves deeper into domestic entrapment. We may dream of traveling light but accumulate as much as we can to keep us burdened and rooted to one spot.”
― Douglas Kennedy, The Big Picture: 'Enthralling' The Times

“It’s realizing that you’ve lived your life not thinking about this moment. Pretending that, somehow, you’ll never have to face up to the biggest moment of them all – when you finally know that there is no future possibility for change, for exploring other options, for even dreaming about another life. When you can’t even retreat into your fantasy about doing it all differently … because you’ve run out of road.”
― Douglas Kennedy, The Big Picture: 'Enthralling' The Times