Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“We live in a society which on the one hand pressurizes us into the pursuit of instant gratification, and the other hand imposes on whole sectors of the population and endless deferment of fulfillment.”
Source: 1980s, Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), Chapter 5, p. 167
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