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Era of Perfectibility

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The defining characteristic of the modern era is perfectibility, the belief that everything can be infinitely improved.

John Lanchester – The Debt to Pleasure
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Life Becomes Literature

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I had as yet no notion that life every now and then becomes literature not for long, of course, but long enough to be what we best remember.

John Lanchester – The Debt to Pleasure
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Cooking as Art

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Cooking is an art form, a creative thing. Chefs are artists, they say. But being an artist, I’ve discovered, doesn’t mean you’re any good.

John Lanchester – The Debt to Pleasure
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Time’s Perspective

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Time, I think, is like walking backwards away from something: the further away you get, the smaller it seems.

John Lanchester – The Debt to Pleasure
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Solo Travel Merits

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There is a great deal to be said for traveling alone, and undistracted, in the pursuit of knowledge.

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Wanting and Happiness

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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

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