Being a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.
David RakoffIf psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaismโs way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late 20th centuryโs way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, what does it mean that Iโm impersonating the father of psychoanalysis in a store window to commemorate a religious holiday?
David RakoffYou can't win all the contests and then lose at one contest and say, 'Why am I not winning this contest as well?' It's random. So truthfully, again, do I wish it weren't me? Absolutely. I still can't make that logistic jump to thinking there's a reason why it shouldn't be me.
David RakoffI find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for the abusive, the insane, and the despotic. All challenges easily as thrilling to me as scrambling over icy rock in a pair of barely adequate boots.
David Rakoff