The Bodega at the End of the Internet

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

Happiness requires purpose; purpose requires a sense of direction; a sense of direction requires goal-setting—but happiness cannot be had by realizing those goals.

If you have given up your heart for the Tower, Roland, you have already lost. A heartless creature is a loveless creature, and a loveless creature is a beast.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

We are defined by what we choose to reject.

“Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We’re teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. Create your own. Most people can’t do it. They’re more unhappy than me—even in my current condition.

Debt robs a man of his self-respect, and makes him almost despise himself.