Jun 10, 2013 15:37
"The only way to really succeed is to give yourself completely to it. It's kind of like the Olympics, but it's every day of our lives."
"That singularity of purpose." He thinks for a moment. "You're like Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick, but without the whole psychotic, evil thing."
"Wow, thanks," I say. And I make a mental note to add it to my reading list.
"His one goal - to kill the white whale - drives him mad and ultimately kills him and almost the entire crew," Jacob explains.
"Oh, great. That sounds like just the kind of person I want to be."
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Sometimes you just want to say yes. As Otto always says, "Don't think, just do."
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"Trying to be with another pson when it's so much simpler to be alone."
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