Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else.
LEV GROSSMANI studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
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Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
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The real world is horrible.
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It’s an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek
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The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
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Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.
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The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.
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I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
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A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.
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His crush went from exciting to depressing, as if he’d gone from the first blush of infatuation to the terminal nostalgia of a former lover without even the temporary relief of an actual relationship in between.
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I recognize that on paper, you can’t really tell that I’m a fan or a nerd.
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Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.
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I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
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He wasn’t surprised. He was used to this anticlimactic feeling, where by the time you’ve done all the work to get something you don’t even want it anymore.
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People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
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Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.
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