I love to be surprised or challenged or told that I know less than I thought that I knew. I know it's an old saw, but the older I get the less I know I know.
Dave EggersHaving lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody.
Dave EggersWhen we pass by another person without telling them we love them itโs cruel and wrong and we all know this.
Dave EggersIn all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care?
Dave Eggers