Ryan Holiday

No day is certain.

We are all dying every day, the Stokes would say.

And so to take moments for granted, to take people for granted, to put things off is arrogant and reckless, I think.

Yeah, there is something about, we're always rejecting this kind of present moment, either in anxiety of the future, like what if this terrible thing could happen, or we're neglecting the present because we're just assuming the future will be better.

And you do this as a parent a lot, you know, I can't wait till they walk.

I can't wait till they go off to school.

I can't wait till they drive.

I can't wait.

And then inevitably you will get to that benchmark.

and wish to be back where you are right now.

And so how long do you get to do this?

How long do any of us have?

Does the world have?

I think these are some of the haunting themes there of the book for sure.

That's funny.

I don't remember all of the books on the list.

I do tend to find that most modern fiction is disappointing.

And I think what I was struck by rereading The Road is how much it felt like a book not published in this time.

Like if you told me the publication date was...

1971 or 1941 i'd probably buy most of it like uh i mean certainly there's not much in the way of technology that that dates the book one way or another but it does have the feel of a novel that's been with us a lot longer than 20 years i sometimes talk about like uh