My first thought: why is that name so familiar? My second: Oh. Pirsig's book was there for me during a challenging time of my life. I never finished it, but

My first thought: why is that name so familiar? My second: Oh. Pirsig's book was there for me during a challenging time of my life. I never finished it, but I'm not so confident that I really needed to. Just starting the book in many ways can be enough.