"The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy."

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The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place.

— George Saunders