"I promised myself that I would maintain momentum.
'Maintain momentum' was the imperative that echoed all the way downtown."
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"I assumed, incorrectly, that it had something to do with movement, traveling, checking in and out of hotels, going to and from the airport."
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"It also seemed clear that maintaining momentum had been at a certain cost. This cost had always been predictable but I only that night began to put it into words. One phrase that came to mind that night was 'pushing yourself.' Another was 'beyond endurance.'"
-Joan Didion, "Play it as it Lays"
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