A book to keep and scan through every now and then.

P 39 - when we forget our ability to choose, we learn to be helpless. # p 74 in every set of facts, something essential is hidden # p 103 no more Yes. It‘s either hell yeah! Or no. # p 131 deep conviction of a deliberate choice # p 132 courage is key to the process of elimination

Wisdom from Alice! P 160. And then on the next page - we learn who we are only by living, and not before. P 163 as well, from Paul Graham, “instead of working back from a goal, work forward from promising situations”.

Like life, retrieval is about the journey. P 88

A good reminder about how fortunate we are. I would not like to be in war in freezing cold.
Strong characters. So easy not to understand the other side

We make sense of our lives by telling our stories. Using aggressive jokes to get revenge and diffuse hurt. Attentiveness more important than praise, activity should not be done to get praise, but have an end in itself. Feeling something - pain - is a means of knowing what hurts us and why.

Default to Truth Transparency Coupling