“At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.” IfsKindIdeasSelfWholeFactsHomeSeemsWould BeRealizingRelationshipSpecialCommitmentCommittedReverseNursingArrangingNursing HomeNo Commitment Author:John D. MacDonald
“You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we can ever meet.” PeopleKnowsWellsPersonsSelfKnowingPiecesKnow Yourself Author:John D. MacDonald
“Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.” WaySelfNightMusicEssentialsFindingsSettingSettingsFinding YourselfLayersBullshitClingingGinPeeling Author:John D. MacDonald
