All we really want is for no one to have a boring life, to be impressive, so we can be impressed. ~ on the friends we choose.

We've lost that very simple transaction that's so pure, where a reader can say, "I support what you're doing, here's my dollar. I know that you guys are gonna be watchdogs or keep the government accountable, so here's my 50-cent contribution each day." It's just so tidy, and I think so inspiring.

But that in any city, in any cluster of people, there a few people who are awake at this hour, who are both awake and dancing, and it’s here that we need to be.

Nothing again. No one is listening. No one is waiting to hear the kicking of a man above. It is unexpected. You have no ears for someone like me.

I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.

We are unusual and tragic and alive.

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.