Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them.

Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself, a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up the passivity of simply being hurt and take on the responsibility of perpetrating hurt oneself.

It seems that most of us could benefit from a brush with a near-fatal disaster to help us recognise the important things that we are too defeated or embittered to recognise from day to day.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.

A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.

A good half of the art of living is resilience.