The Bodega at the End of the Internet

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within, and it is available to you now.

“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”

“Here’s what I mean by building your own little subculture,” Morrie said. “I don’t mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don’t go around naked, for example. I don’t run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone—or any

This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others. Although people may differ in every which way—in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments—everyone can change and grow through application and experience.

delight and pleasure are contagious. Unfortunately, so are

bitterness and anger. Another reason for encouraging

good deeds of whatever intent.

There are just some kind of men who—who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound

As we write this book, the pandemic continues, and the supposed light at the end of the tunnel is a “return to normalcy” concocted by a government eager to restore the status quo that delivered us to this moment. In the interest of capital, we are being sold a narrative of recovery that ignores the structural failings that have magnified the