“The Booker triumph of Graham Swift's moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer chose to take after the brilliance of Waterland more than ten years ago.” YearsLastsMovingOrderPathFineQuietTenYears AgoProfoundTriumphMisunderstoodBrillianceVindication Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“For a master, the rewards gained along the way are fine, but they are not the main reason for the journey. Ultimately the master and the master's path are one. And if the traveler is fortunate - that is, if the path is complex and profound enough - the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.” IfsWayTwoReasonEnoughPathJourneyMastersFineProfoundComplexesRewardsMilesFortunateDestinationTraveler Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path of discharge. There is no more contemptible type of human character than that of the nerveless sentimentalist and dreamer, who spends his life in a weltering sea of sensibility and emotion, but who never does a manly concrete deed.” HumansDoeCharacterFeelingsLostChanceEmotionPathSeaFineTypeNormalFruitDeedsPracticalsResolveResolutionDreamerConcreteSensibilityManlyHinderDischarge Book:The Principles of Psychology Source: The Principles of Psychology
“As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a wrong or dull path, and someone else startles them into awareness of that, then that's a blessing. And the method by which the startle is obtained might be anger, or satire, or an intentionally applied indifference. But that is, of course, a fine line.” IfsThinkingMightCoursesLinesKindnessPathAwarenessFineBlessingToughTraditionMethodIndifferenceDullSatireFine Lines Author:George Saunders