Favourite quotes?

[nanila]

p. 88, paperback version:
Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It's just easier to handle those with emotions.

I paused in my reading to savour these statements for quite some time. It was such a wonderful antidote to the commonly espoused belief that emotions always cloud objective judgment, that "being emotional" precludes the ability to apply logic and rational thought. It makes sense. And, if I dare say so, it feels right. I find that an examination of my emotions enhances and clarifies my judgment rather than obscuring it.

As an aside, it has taken me ages to read this book, but not for the usual full-time-job-and-a-kid reason, which has cut down severely on my long-form reading. Instead, it's because it kept giving me these moments when I want to sit and think over a scene and enjoy their pleasurable effects on my brain.

What are some lines that gave you pause? What did they inspire in you?

Comments

[nanila]

YES. That was a section that pinged strongly with me too. Such a powerful statement.

[kaberett]

It is something that has been mattering a very great deal to me at the moment, in terms of my conception of my self and of the difficulties I'm having, and it's a theme the entire damn' book deals with, and I can't - try as I might - summarise the power of that statement to people, so I just sort of flail and handwave and go BUT YOU SHOULD TOTALLY READ THIS BOOK THOUGH.