But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness, a man need only live in the moment; he need only live for the moment. But if he wants meaning--the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life--a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain. Thus nature dangles happiness and meaning before us all, insisting only that we choose between them.
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories. - Jed Rubenfeld
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.
- Jed Rubenfeld
If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however un… - Jed Rubenfeld
If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however un…
What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her. - Jed Rubenfeld
What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her.
A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man. - Jed Rubenfeld
A woman is at her greatest peril in the presence of a beautiful man.
But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness, a man ne… - Jed Rubenfeld
But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness, a man ne…
Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof. - Jed Rubenfeld
Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.
A woman's love for a man is half animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him. - Jed Rubenfeld
A woman's love for a man is half animal passion and half hate. The more a woman loves a man, the more she hates him.
THERE IS NO mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark… - Jed Rubenfeld
THERE IS NO mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark…
There is a condition into which many young women fall. They attach themselves to violent men. They forgive any mistreatment. They think it love; it i… - Jed Rubenfeld
There is a condition into which many young women fall. They attach themselves to violent men. They forgive any mistreatment. They think it love; it i…
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