“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. ”
“I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
“I didn't know what to do, there was a feeling of time running out and a loss of momentum, of opportunities wasted.”
“That was one thing you found out when you were stoned, or wasted, or feverish: that the world was always turning and that only a healthy mind could block out the sickening whirl of it.”
“When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there was no friction?' Answer: 'Everything on earth would fly into space from the centrifugal force of revolution.' That was my mood.”
“Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.”