It has always seemed strange to me...

It has always seemed strange to me… The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
— John Steinbeck in Cannery Row

Interstate

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
— Charles Kuralt (via roadlessco)

I guess the biggest decision in life is knowing which exits to take.