“To live strikes me as a metaphysical mistake of matter, a dereliction of inaction.”
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake”
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.”
“pg 29 their brief relationship now strikes her as the most obvious mistake in the worl”
“People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is.”
“Live all you can. It's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do -- but live. This place makes it all come over me. I see it now. I haven't done so -- and now I'm old. It's too late. It has gone past me -- I've lost it. You have time. You are young. Live!”