Whistler’s mother had just spent a long day with Whis– tler’s mother-in-law

Nobody grows up wanting to be a mot– ivational speaker

Like Jacob If you wrestle with the divine Through the darkest hours You will get hurt and limp away Which we call experiencing loss

When your nuclear family of origin Takes the nuclear option They’ve already gone mad and self-… So, they’re counting on mutual ass… To finish the job

Acting locally solved climate change but now instead of a life or death situati… which at least had a degree of rom…

The first difference between your… When you know your boss’s eyes are… You need to look busy But when you know God’s eyes are… You actually want to get busy

In my second marriage I went all in on being authentic When she left she said that being with me

It’s not just that The civilization I was born into Is gone– This probably happens To most of history’s long-lived

Being human beings Pacifists are just as obsessed With wielding power As everybody else And just as pathological as those

The US Constitution rules out cruel and unusual punishment but that and a nickel will get you 1% of a cup of coffee now that cruelty is the usual

If you would remake the world In your own image Then I can only imagine You believe you’ve thought of ever…

Soft totalitarianism is like shoes That are just tight enough To remain comfortable If you don’t go anywhere

The trick is to craft a conformism so elaborate that you convince yourself it’s bespoke

You don’t have to have children To help raise the children And you can have children Without working at it Raising children

I thought I was too smart for my own good But happily, I’d overestimated my… and I was just smart enough to be vaporous