Tyler Durden said it best in the film Fight Club: “The things you own end up owning you.”
“Being longtime veterans, the three were easily able to fill their chart with appropriate, vacuous nonsense that would appease Ms. Harper, even as they joked about darker, unwritten content. It was how they managed to survive such moments.”
― The Faculty Lounge
― The Faculty Lounge
“Fear those who seek your company for their own vanity. As soon as you eclipse them in the mirror, it won’t be the mirror they break.”
― Dark Age
― Dark Age
“The story of Cassandra is traditionally taken as a parable about what happens when valid warnings are ignored. But for me, it raises different issues. Why, I always wonder, do we think of Cassandra as the one who’s cursed? The real curse, it seems to me, afflicts everyone else—all of those who are unable to perceive the truth she speaks. I”
― Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
― Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
“Things don’t just sit there. They send us silent messages.”
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
“Just count the number of times you think “should” or “shouldn’t” within a ten-minute period, and you will have a good estimate of your degree of depression.”
― The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
― The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
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