Daily Inspiration Quote by Judith Krantz

A warning dressed as common sense, Krantz’s line lands with the brisk authority of someone who’s watched pleasure curdle into compulsion. “It can’t possibly last for years” punctures the fantasy that a thrilling phase - a flirtation, an obsession, a shopping spree, a romantic stalemate - can be preserved in amber. Krantz doesn’t moralize from a pulpit; she frames desire as a renewable resource that still needs limits, like appetite or sleep. The insistence on “possibly” is key: she’s not saying people don’t try, she’s saying reality eventually collects its debt.

“Browsing has its limits” is the sharpest choice here, because it names a modern posture: the stance of the noncommittal consumer. Browsing feels innocent, even sophisticated; it’s curiosity without consequence. In Krantz’s fiction, that posture is seductive precisely because it postpones accountability. You can browse lovers, lifestyles, identities, luxuries - and call it freedom. The subtext is that browsing is also a way to avoid choosing, risking, staying.

Then she tightens the screw with “healthy or wise,” pairing body and judgment. Health speaks to the wear-and-tear of endless want; wisdom speaks to the self-deception of pretending that half-life living is a philosophy. Coming from a novelist associated with glamour and ambition, the line reads less like prudish restraint and more like insider intelligence: the world of endless options sells itself as empowerment, but it often produces fatigue, drift, and a quiet kind of loneliness.