“If we view time as something that’s in short supply, and the time we do have as constantly slipping away, then it makes sense that we’d overperform to maximize the tiny bit that remains, before, of course, even that too disappears. “

“For some of us our dreams can be super out there, somewhat untethered to current reality, while others of us make do with teeny tiny dreams, dreams that when you think of it, really reflect the difficulty we have with dreaming.”