Lessons from a book

Well, 2. The ones I'm reading right now.

Letters For Emily
pg 166
"Many people think that money is bad or evil. It isn't. Other's think that if they have a lot of it, they will be happy. They won't, Still others believe that if they have more of it than people around them, they will be better. They aren't. And yet, it's a paradox, because we must eat. Money, used as a means of barter, helps us in that goal. It isn't inherently good or bad, just part of the whole process of working for our sustenance."

Life of Pi
pg 98
"In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker? Is it no more than to shine at practicalities- the getting of food, clothing and shelter? Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can't we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?"

pg 148
"But i discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. It's not something evident, in my experience. Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others- and i am one of those- never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no mater the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It's not a question of courage. It's something constitutional, an inability to let go. It may be nothing more than life-hungry stupidity."