days taken to read it: 2 (months ago)
recommended: most definitely
favourite quotes:
I ate my meals at my little wooden work cubicle and thought nothing of it. [page 43]
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself ot creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." [page 43]
Is this what comes at the end, I wondered? Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another [page 51]
Love is the only rational act [page 52]
He was standing on the tracks, listening to death's locomotive whistle, and he was very clear about the important things in life [page 65-66]
Death
Fear
Aging
Greed
Marriage
Family
Society
Forgivesness
A meaningful life [page 66]
"The truth is, Mitch," he said, "once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." [page 82]
Without love, we are birds with broken wings [page 92]
I worked because I could control it. I worked because work was sensible and responsive. [page 97]
"What I'm doing now," he continued, his eyes still closed, "is detaching myself from the experience."
Dont' cling to things, because everything is impermanent.
But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it. [page 103]
"And love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone." [page 133]
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'" [page 180]
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