“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”

“I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously."

[(Robert Jacobs,, February 1976)]”

“[Nietzsche’s doctrine of the eternal return] is what makes moments caught up in the immanence of return suddenly appear as ends. In every other system, don’t forget, these moments are viewed as means: Every moral system proclaims that “each moment of life ought to be motivated.””

“I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.”

“And in the time it had taken to reflect upon the significance of the moment, the moment was past. That was, after all, the nature of moments.”

“Angels from the Lord lead and protect us every moment and every moment of every moment.”

“We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.”

“But to succeed in life every detail should be arranged well beforehand.”

“Every moment in life is an act of faith”

“You think that your attention is in the present moment when it's actually taken up completely by time. You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the Now. What you refer to as your "life" should more accurately be called your "life situation."”