"When we are not any lengthier capable to alter a predicament, we're challenged to alter ourselves"
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"Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey."
"Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine."
"The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been."
"There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from."
"We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament."