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‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ author Gabrielle Zevin

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Today - Is Tomorrow a Good Idea?

I think the hardest thing I hold on to as a thinking person is how to maintain optimism in the face of reality. As I've gotten older, I do not find cynicism an interesting quality. The fact that they couldn't just run away and restart or whatever is actually what gives our lives depth and meaning. It's good to have memory. But also, what you learn from spending 30 years with someone over the course of this book is that like, it's good to be optimistic.

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