Because it’s so hellacious transmuting lead into gold the people pleaser finds it heavenly to degrade gold into lead
Afraid that everything I wanted was nothing to write home about I was left with nothing to write home about
One problem with civilization is that the people drawn to power are precisely those who lack it
Thanks to his bifocals Ben Franklin could see that while we might look like bald… up close we’re clearly turkeys
A memory hole should be just deep enough to bury yourself up to the neck– Any deeper
I often find myself telling God That according to the terms of the… You get what you need God insists I come to terms with the implicati…
I’m not afraid of jumping in front of a bus because I don’t want to jump in front of a bus I am afraid of
I used to pretend that Kafka’s The Trial was my favorite book but these days I bring a courtroom stenographer with me
In real life we used to say I’ll see your talk and raise you action but that was just too risky Preferring no stakes
The first half of life Is spent waiting for the inevitabl… But inevitably, you get distracted… Because a watched pot never boils The second half of life
As an American I have a posteriori knowledge that Americans pretend without reason to a priori knowledge of the other
Antizionism feels powerful Because it claims the authority Of giving permission to hate But the feeling is soon vanquished Requiring another hit of hate
It’s still wise not to panic but now it’s because you need to keep your powder dry for a moral panic
No one ever told the truth but not a one of us were liars because we always spoke exclusivel… in the future tense
We all need to belong somewhere So, we formed online communities And found ourselves belonging nowh… Where once A multitude of One