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Think of this as a short book composed entirely of what I hoped would be a long book’s quotable passages.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
I like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
That is all we have, this moment with the world. It will not last, because nothing lasts. Entropy, mortality, extinction: the entire plan of the universe consists of losing, and no matter how much we find along the way, life amounts to a reverse savings account in which we are eventually robbed of everything. Our dreams and plans and jobs and knees... See more
Maria Popova • Losing Love, Finding Love, and Living with the Fragility of It All
You know that feeling at the end of the day, when the anxiety of that-which-I-must-do falls away… That moment when you think, Oh God, what have I done with this day? And what am I doing with my life? And how must I change to avoid catastrophic end-of-life regrets?
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At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held more back, been less effu
... See moreMaria Popova • George Saunders on How to Live an Unregretting Life
“I didn’t want to lose anything. That was the main problem,” Sarah Manguso writes on the opening page of Ongoingness , her short book about learning to let herself forget things . She long fears being “lost in time,” until finally she realizes (as I’ve quoted once before), “the forgotten moments are the price of continued participation in life.” In... See more