“A Turkish proverb says: when a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king. It is the palace that becomes a circus.”
Nothing you do matters
A Ding Dong from a factory is not the same thing as a gâteau au chocolat et crème chantilly from a baker which is not the same thing as cramming chunks of chocolate and scoops of whipped cream directly into your mouth while standing in front of the fridge at 2:00am.
I didn’t leave a dent in the universe so much as splatted against it. The world no longer has a need for what I somewhat sardonically call my art.
on sunk costs
Sunk costs: just because you’ve already sunk your time/effort into a situation doesn’t mean that you should continue putting in more & more time/effort (let it go!).
You know how dogs appear to be so happy? You also know that when dog is called to eat it runs away immediately from the hole it’s been digging for last three hours?