Well, thanks for the slack, max.
To clarify for others:
It's just that if pressed I would rather read something entertaining rather than fluff pop-psychology/pop-philosophy poisoning by some idiot hippie philosopher charlatan.
Someone mentioned Simon Le Carre and I would rather read one of those or maybe a rock bio, good sci-fi, an Elmore Leonard, a Barry Gifford, a Vonnegut, an Ian Fleming, (shit, maybe even a Louis L'amour) instead of Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Man, I've really got to get going.
Quote:
In Section 11 of the "Guidebook to Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Di Santo & Steele, it is correctly noted that the famous paraphrase “You never gain something but that you lose something” found in Chapter 29 of "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is not derived from Thoreau (as attributed by Pirsig and most others) but is actually derived from Ralph Waldo Emerson and his phrase “For anything you gain, you lose something”. The phrase can be found in his 1841 essay “Compensation”.
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That's like,
so deep, man.
Again, just read & tell me I'm fucked in abbreviated fashion if you disagree. I'm not intending to "hijack" the thread; I'm just in a bit of a sour mood.