The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature

Think of everything in nature, or in the world, as a kind of hologram—the smallest part reflecting something essential about the whole. His desire was to become a sushi chef, but nobody would tell him how it was done or give him direct instruction—it was a jealously guarded secret. Those heroes, such as Odysseus, who were able to look beyond the present and plan several steps ahead, seemed to defy fate, to approximate the gods in their ability to determine the future. They create so much space and confusion that in the end nothing coheres.