Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

It feels so exhausting to be so bad at something I loved so much.

If you can't swim, the idea of being in nine feet of water is terrifying, much less the ocean.

If Donald Trump loses badly, it could mean the end of the GOP as one of the two significant parties.

If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems obvious now, but you'd be amazed at how many people don't think of it when it's relevant. Seriously, punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.

Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available.