It was all such an insult, the Hamptons. It was an insult to economic disparity. It was an insult to leading a good life and asking hard questions about what one should sacrifice in the name of decency. It was an insult to having enough—to knowing that there was such a thing as enough. Inside those houses weren’t altruistic, good people whom fortun

This is what time travel is. It’s looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.

—Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

“Life isn’t coming at you; life is coming from you.”

—Jason Mraz @ Carnegie Hall

November 23, 2011

There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.

—Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”

— Bob Dylan

Life is not a race, it’s an opportunity. Each moment is a blessing. Why rush? Rick Rubin.