“Because you were neither hot nor cold I have vomited you forth from my mouth.” – The Bible

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

21 February

If you end up not getting what you once said you wanted, it is either because you didn't really want it, and/or you tried to bargain over the price. Here’s the rule: the definitive always win; the tentative always lose. Oh, and one other thing: nobody can break that rule.