Self improvement is masturbation.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the details. This is how we must look to God. As if everything's fine.

It's just the biggest mistake I could think to make

It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.

Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness?

they should let some people into the library by prescription only

Think of spoiled cat food and ulcerated cankers and expired donor organs. That's how beautiful she looks.