And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.
Sometimes a joke that doesn't work just needs a breath or a little word or the tiniest little change to be fixed.
Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.
Don't tell girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't. It's like saying, 'Hey, when you get in the shower, I'm not gonna read your diary. ' 'Wait--are you gonna read my diary?' 'No! I said I'm not gonna read your diary. Go take a shower!'
We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.
I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by what other people think of you, it's a form of self-torture.
Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.
Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
I am mortified by my music choices.
Marketing only really works with word of mouth.
No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don't.