I am reading "One Day" by David Nicholls, and there is a passage about one of the main character's hopes for her life that I think is great (full review to come soon):
"The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world, exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that."
(Note: "double-first" is a UK thing. Here it's the equivalent of getting a double-major Bachelor's. Also, this moment is in 1989. Nowadays we use computers for writing. Although I've always loved typewriters.)
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