Synopsis
A young man with mental health issues comes into money, love and high society all at the same time.
Key Takeaways
Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.
It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise
There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one’s idea for thirty-five years; there’s something left which cannot be induced to emerge from your brain, and remains with you forever; and with it you will die, without communicating to anyone perhaps the most important of your ideas..
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.
Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case
It’s life that matters, nothing but life—the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all
One can’t understand everything at once, we can’t begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quickly, perhaps we shan’t understand them thoroughly
In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone’s brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others
Final Thoughts
A good book but I didn’t love it. Its book about how if you are not equipped in life people will take things from you. What I mean is being equipped to deal with people, money and situations. It’s also a good example of how you can not save people. 7/10
Stranger in Sydney 