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Quote #1
He stops talking, flexes his wrist, and grimaces. "Get your screwing up done now, when the consequences aren't so bad. Trust me. It gets harder to do it later." (292)
Most consequences for your screw-ups probably won’t involve being hit by a car, but Attorney Jeremy Fitzgerald probably has a point here.
Quote #2
I don't know what to tell him. Not that he's looking to me for advice. Ordinarily I would say follow your heart. But he's a married man. His heart is not the only one involved. (293)
At what point does it become worse to stay committed to the choices you’ve already made (like marrying somebody and having kids) than to change your life in pursuit of happiness? Check out our character analysis of Jeremy and Hannah for more on this discussion, but their story is a philosopher’s conundrum.
Quote #3
Jeremy Fitzgerald was crossing the street when a drunk and distraught man—an insurance actuary—in a white BMW hit him at twenty miles per hour. The blow wasn't enough to kill him, but it was enough to make him consider his eventual death and his current life. (117)
We definitely don’t recommend playing in traffic, but Jeremy’s near-death experience was powerful enough to change the entire course of his life.