Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.
Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.
We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.
Mostly, we argued about who which of us was better at arguing, and particularly about who had won the previous argument.
The message of “The Winner Takes It All” is straightforward: It argues that the concept of relationships ending on mutual terms is an emotional fallacy. One person is inevitably okay and the other is inevitably devastated.
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist the Internet is wonderful are those who need it to give their life meaning.
Every time I learn the truth about something, I’m disappointed.
If you stare long enough at anything, you will start to find similarities. The word “coincidence” exists in order to stop people from seeing meaning where none exists.
The strength of your memory dictates the size of your reality.
The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.
Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.
I was a teenager in the ’80s – and maybe I’m wrong about this – but it seemed like a bad era for movies that were scary. It was really the height of movies that were disgusting.
Instead, we were given a publication called the Weekly Reader, which was like a newspaper for four-foot illiterates.
It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn.
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.
This made her remember why people take up walking: It is because they no longer have anywhere to go.
Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.
As of right now, I am in love with her, and that love is the biggest problem in my life.
If you’re the type of person who wants to associate exclusively with those who perfectly mirror your own ethical worldview, you’re reducing significantly the scope of your potential life experience.