"It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it. Even so, it will always be the same possibilities, either in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality over the idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their directions, and he awakens them."
- Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is done with you."
- David Foster Wallace
If you ever feel like giving up, remember that it’s the easy way out, and, in the majority of instance, makes the most sense on a strictly cost-benefit basis.
(from n+1, but I forget the source, sorry)
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