“Since the world has changed so much, the same values don't lead to the same choices anymore.”
“But there was nothing except this languid contentment of satisfied desire, as if the rules had changed or the world wasn't the same anymore.”
“We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised again.”
“I was not 15 anymore, and choices no longer had that same clear, bright edge to them.”
“If you want change and don’t make choices that reflect the change, you are making a choice to keep things the same.”
“Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same.”