More on Gatsby and a quote
The plot of the novel The Great Gatsby turns toward the end on the vehicular killing of a pedestrian woman by Daisy Buchannan on the way back from an awkward gathering in downtown New York City to Long Island. F.S. Fitzgerald was prescient in the 1920s about the danger of automated vehicles. Vehicular deaths in the U.S. have steadily been above 30,000 annually since 1946, and of course drunk or drug-influenced driving is a major problem. I fear for my life every time I walk on a local busy street to reach a store or restaurant.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” –Helen Keller
This quote resonates with me because I made what some people considered a mistake by leaving a relatively secure job in financial journalism to get a graduate degree and try to be a scholar/teacher. Teaching turned out not to be the right calling for me, but I don’t regret going to graduate school. Sometimes in life, you have to take risks.