[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help.

‎Who would die for this chance to be fed this death of pleasure with spoons, in their warm homes, alone, unmoving?

...loneliness is not a function of solitude.

You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship.

...Genuine pathological openness is about as seductive as Tourette's Syndrome.

In fact, the likeliest reason why so many of us care so little about politics is that modern politicians makes us sad, hurt us deep down in ways that are hard even to name, much less talk about.

God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.