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“If you have the choice, don't spend one minute more doing something you don't want. Choose what's best for you. The longer you stick to a rut, the harder it is to leave.”

Book:Alterra

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“Decisions are difficult for many reasons, some reaching down into the very socket of being. John Gardner, in his novel Grendel, tells of a wise man who sums up his meditation on life’s mysteries in two simple but terrible postulates: “Things fade: alternatives exclude.” Of the first postulate, death, I have already spoken. The second, “alternatives exclude,” is an important key to understanding why decision is difficult. Decision invariably involves renunciation: for every yes there must be a no, each decision eliminating or killing other options (the root of the word decide means “slay,” as in homicide or suicide). Thus, Thelma clung to the infinitesimal chance that she might once again revive her relationship with her lover, renunciation of that possibility signifying diminishment and death.”

Death Choices Decisions

Book:Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

Source: Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

“In Soviet Russia, maybe we could only have cars all the same color, but at least our women weren't sluts and no one did any drugs, I think.”

Choices Freedom Addiction Surveillance Apologetics Ussr

Author:Dmitry Dyatlov

“Wisdom’ and ‘greed’ sit at opposite ends of the continuum. And interestingly enough, they share the same place on the same continuum as ‘life’ and ‘death.’ And the person who is daring enough to be honest with themselves knows exactly which end they share.”

Life Wisdom Death Choices Opposites Greed Extremes Consequences Repercussions

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

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