“(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time)”

“Did television execs have souls? Now, that was an existential question and a half.”

“If she ran, at least her body still had motion, even if her brain was mired under responsibility.”

“Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of selfpityand pain.”

“Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.”

“Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy.”