It occurs to me that the core fundamentals of my life have come from very few sources and they amount to an odd collage of manifesto-esque soundbytes. You know what I mean - those things you read or heard that screamed at you like your own personal prophet coming down, grabbing you by the lapels, and saying, "Now hear this! This is how you will live, according to these principles!"
Here are a few of mine, for good or for awesome, in no particular order:
1. "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived ... I wanted to live deep and suck the marrow out of life" (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden").
2. "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that" (Lloyd Dobler, "Say Anything").
3. "Nobody knows anybody. Not that well" (Tom Reagan, "Miller's Crossing").
I could only come up with three at this moment, but that second one is really resonating with me at the moment. 'More to come. Maybe.
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Well, you probably know, I find these words to be the most true I have ever encountered:
"We live as we dream -- alone."
from Heart of Darkness.
"When you got nothin, you got nothin to lose."
The only time I'll ever quote Dylan
"I've been to the mountain
and I've been in the wind,
I've been in and out of happiness.
I have dined with kings
and been offered wings,
but I've never been too impressed."
Bobby D. from Is Your Love In Vain.
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