The Next Three Days
"So, The Life and Times of Don Quixote. What is it about?"
"That someone's belief in virtue is more important than virtue
itself?"
"Yes, that's in there. But what is it about?
Could it be about how rational thought destroys your soul?
Could it be about the triumph of irrationality and the power
that's in that?
You know, we spend a lot of time trying to organize the world.
We build clocks and calendars and we try and predict the
weather.
But what part of our life is truly under our control?"
"What if we choose to exist purely in a reality of our own
making? Does that render us insane? And if it does, isn't that
better than a life of despair?"
"It's a course that investigates what drives men to be free,
no matter the cost."