“Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading, especially under such opportunities of gratifying it.”
“White people love rock climbing almost more than they love camping. This isbecause the activity affords them the opportunity to be outside, to use a carabiner for something other than their keys, and to purchase a whole new set of expensive activity-specific clothing and accessories.”
“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”
“Value is more expensive than price.”
“Sweeping generalizations are easy, but we are more alike than we are different. Our focus and interests may vary, or not, but to dismiss something as less relevant is a missed opportunity.”