Source: What the Bones Tell Us (1997), Ch. 1
“We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself.”
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016), Chapter 6, “You’re Wrong About Everything (But So Am I)” (p. 117)
context (14) “Storm Centre”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)
1940s, Victory broadcast (1945)
Context: We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.
A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
“Time’s a river, Locke, and we’ve always drifted farther down it than we think.”
Interlude “Up the River” section 2 (p. 392)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
The Inner Light (song) (1968), On Transcendental Meditation and teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Lyrics
The Unconscious Civilization (1995)
Variant: It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And then one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Source: The Great Gatsby
