Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better time for it.
Walter KirnIn the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.
Walter KirnThe best anti-depressant pill for me would be one the size of a house so you could drop it on me and put me out of my misery.
Walter KirnWe're all impostors to ourselves. By that I mean that we know instinctively, intimately, the difference between whom we are inside and who we appear to be to others. Most of the time - when we aren't flat lying about something or playing a particularly stylized role in some heightened dramatic situation - this difference between the internal and the external is modest and manageable.
Walter Kirn