It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

dating you would be like a series of unnecessary root canals interspersed with occasional makeout sessions.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

The internet is necessarily public. It can be filtered-public or censored-public, but it necessarily has to be open and available.

Hank, when people call people nerds mostly what they're saying is,'You like stuff'.

Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together.

I don't see any point in nihilism... just as I suppose the nihilist sees no point in everything else.