[Milan Kundera] And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?

Literature, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing, WisdomAliceNovember 6, 2016Milan KunderaComment

On the Anxiety of Freedom and Feelings of Inadequacy

Writing, Thoughts, ReflectionAliceSeptember 16, 2016Career, Anxiety, Life, Freedom Comments

[Albert Camus] Existing in the Joke Which We Call Life

We have not overcome our condition, and yet we know it better. We know that we live in contradiction, but we also know that we must refuse this contradiction and do what is needed to reduce it.

Writing, Philosophy, Literature, Quotes, WisdomAliceSeptember 6, 2016Albert Camus, Camus, Existentialism, Life, Existence, AbsurdComment

[David Foster Wallace] On Perfectionism & Ambition

You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous, because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

Writing, Philosophy, Literature, Quotes, WisdomAliceSeptember 2, 2016DFW, David Foster Wallace, Perfection, Ambition, Perfectionism Comment

[ee cummings] exists no miracle mightier than this:to feel

miracle mightier than this:to feel

Literature, Writing, Poetry, Quotes, WisdomAliceSeptember 2, 2016ee cummings, Poetry, Love, FeelComment

[Alain de Button] Meaning of Success

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.