“Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”

“He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over again.”

“What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.”

“I lie awake for a long time, wondering which would be more foolish, to prepare for something that may never happen, or not to prepare for something that might.”

“He reached up and out with both arms to shoot his cuffs, and for an instant he might have served to illustrate the crucial step in a manual on the seizing of days. He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over again.”