“Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.”
“Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be.”
“Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.”
“The cost of contemplating history is often an uneasy conscience.”
“My personality is a luxury that's costing me too dearly.”
“Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.”