Murakami, what a line

Yeah not profound at all

At no point in human history have we been subjected to so much life advice from complete strangers, be very careful about whose words you take to heart, they're selling their path and know nothing of yours

Franz Kafka, be patient

Turning 30 in 6 months which is crazy because I was 19 last year

Vincent van Gogh, just do the thing

C. S. Lewis, live near your friends

Carl Jung on the danger of advice

Courage is, quite simply, doing it anyway doing it badly, doing it early, doing it scared, but doing it anyway

The most profound paragraph in all of Schopenhauer, at least to me

You can read Siddhartha 100 times and still be blown away at the 101st

It's at times like this you miss him

— T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom

André Gide, what a line

Self-help books got nothing on Steinbeck

Deadlines are the amphetamines of creativity

Terence McKenna, good lord

If you consistently think badly of yourself, other people will start to agree