Justin Lancy
@veritrope
A curious animal.
Justin Lancy
@veritrope
A curious animal.
It is not the less bitter because it is perhaps one’s own fault, to see oneself drifting, rotting, in dishonour and horrible futility, and all the while knowing that somewhere within one there is the possibility of a decent human being.
Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
people in any other creative profession merely cut up and reassemble what has come before, it gives the illusion of creativity, but it is craft without art. Craft is what we are expected to know; art is the unexpected use of our craft.
A good bad poem is a graceful monument to the obvious.
Claude code
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
There are more possible futures than the one that actually happens.
The higher I climb in my life, the more I realize how much I need to mop that floor. Because that’s where all the knowledge is. There is no grit at the top, no tests of resolve in steak dinners, five-star hotels, or spa treatments.