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I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're gonna do. I'm just going to do it. Imagining the future is kind of ...more

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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

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I was born into Bolívar's labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais' Great Perhaps.

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We are taught that the hero’s journey is the journey from weakness to strength. But I am here today to tell you that those stories are wrong. The real...more

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All writing is rewriting.

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I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the ...more

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Well, while you were in the bathroom, I sat down at this picnic table here in Bumblefug, Kentucky, and noticed that someone had carved that GOD HATES ...more

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I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the though of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing....more

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There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged ou...more

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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not ...more

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Imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

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Islam and Christianity promise eternal paradise to the faithful. And that is a powerful opiate, certainly, the hope of a better life to come. But ther...more

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...you missed the chance to explore the equally interesting Buddhist belief in being present for every facet of your daily life, of being truly presen...more

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Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and ...more