it is always difficult to impress the ignorant.

Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty.

You can't be stylish and petty at the same time.

We are not attracted to people because they are virtuous. In fact, there's something a little creepy about people who are too good. There is a big draw to people who are successful at breaking the rules. That means we end up admiring a lot of people that we think we shouldn't.

Worse, the deadly accuracy of filial faultfinding is facilitated by access, by trust, by willing disclosure, and so constitutes a double betrayal.

It's far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood.

It's an apathy so absolute that it's like a hole you might fall in.