"To play well the scenes in which..." - Quote by C S Lewis
To play well the scenes in which we are 'on' concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
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“Your book bill ought to be your biggest extravagance.”
“The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.”
“The desire for bad art is the desire bred of habit: like the smoker's desire for tobacco, more marked by the extreme malaise of denial than by any very strong delight in fruition.”
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“It was only in the theatre that I lived”
“You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.”
“As regards the celebrated struggle for life, it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power.”
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“Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth.”
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines.”
“If you are always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you're in.”