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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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In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them.

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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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You can't know what an experience will mean to future-you until you are future-you. You need millions of seconds of perspective, which ultimately, onl...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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Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie Ma...more

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The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

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I figured something out," he said aloud. "The future is unpredictable."Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a re...more

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I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

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In another 2,400 years, even Socrates, the most well-known genius of the century, might be forgotten. The future will erase everything--there's no lev...more

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He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

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You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future k...more