“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”

“Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”

“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

“who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you”

“From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to the frog. Pay attention to the west wind. Pay attention to the boy on the raft, the lady in the tower, the old man on the train. In sum, pay attention to the world and all that dwells therein and thereby learn at last to pay attention to yourself and all that dwells therein.”

“James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”

“Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.”

“COINCIDENCE You weren’t paying attention to the other half of what was going on.”

“If you let it, your mind will celebrate new stimuli by automatically making dozens of unexpected connections for you. If you pay attention to them, you may discover the answer you've been looking for.”

“Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention… the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.”