No one who desires to be good believes themselves good; all those who believe themselves g… do so in service of their true desire
I’m not scared of the explicit danger I’m afraid of the implicit threats
If we’re being scientific, then The more certain you are that quan… The less certain you become as to… i.e., It works like a charm And if we’re being honest, when
You can’t learn to write because nobody knows quite how to… You can’t learn to network because everybody is already netwo… So when you pay tuition for a writ…
Every strength comes with a corres… But for the strength which conjoin… And this strength is recognizing y… Then connecting with people who co… As one of the world’s strongest pe…
The number one cause of divorce Is holding a grudge We are divorced from reality Because we hold a grudge against t… We resent the truth
People used to kill the goose that laid the golden egg because they wanted more gold
Liberalism can be confused with ni… where you have to believe in nothi… or with Unitarian Universalism where you’re encouraged to believe… as much of everything as you like
All behavior is purposeful and all behavior is self-serving until you realize that all behavior is self-serving which is when you find out what ha…
The faceless horde finds strength in numbers by losing themselves in the crowd But when your numbers are small
On Fresh Air they always mention that their rock historian lives in France as if he were in exile from rock a… the same way James Joyce wrote ab…
I never believed in automatic writ… until I tried my hand at TikTok and felt an invisible hand gently (as in pleasantly) but insistently (as in relievedly)
That moment when you reclassify yourself from a mystery to an unsolved mystery
The lamppost is an outpost Where it’s safe to admit That between you, me, and the lamp… Self-knowledge is over-rated Self-deception is automated
We’re told “Never give way on your desire!” even as we learn that “Desire is always the desire of th… Suffice to say,
