"Taut, violent, smart, and very, very technical. The Manuscript packs several kinds of punch – as if The Da Vinci Code were written by someone who wasn't an idiot." - Cory Doctorow
2009.06.03 : I Take It Back
Life's Complete Bullshit
"To what purpose is all the toil and bustle of the world? What is the end of avarice and ambition, of the pursuit of wealth, of power and pre-eminence? ... The rich man glories in his riches because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world. The poor man on the contrary is ashamed of his poverty. He feels that it places him out of the sight of mankind. To feel that we are taken no notice of necessarily disppoints the most ardent desire of human nature."
- Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
"And from failure will flow humiliation: a corroding awareness that we have been unable to convince the world of our value and are henceforth condemned to consider the successful with bitterness and ourselves with shame."
- Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
"Behold, I have seen all things that are done underneath the sun, and all is vanity and chase after the wind."
- Ecclesiastes 2:11
"Life is a crock of shit."
- Kurt Vonnegut
