Some people have lives; some people have music.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

So here's my advice: Study broadly and without fear. Learn a language if you can, because that will make your life more interesting. Read a little bit every day. But more importantly, surround yourself with people who you like and make cool stuff with them. In the end, what you do isn't going to be nearly as interesting or important as who you do it with.

memories fall apart too.

You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home?" "No, sir," Gus said. "We pour Scotch into a glass and then call to mind thoughts of water, and then we mix the actual Scotch with the abstracted idea of water.

The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.