This is probably very obvious but I feel very lonely. I miss the person I want to be with the most.
Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other?
What if we were to take seriously the possibility that our students have a rich and authoritative inner life and tried to nourish it rather than negate it?
There must be a mirror to show the soul to itself before the soul can begin to gather its courage.
The economy of gift, of art, is fundamentally opposed to the economy of war.
What do you do for ecstasy?
If you have a big splash of ecstasy in your life every day you are going to teach students something finer than "buy lowsell high". Maybe you'll teach them, not by what you say but by who you are, to live their lives as a standing affront to the ravaging mercantile mentality.
On a practical level, I'm uncomfortable at comedy clubs because there are so many shitty dude comics who have made my life miserable. If I go to a comedy club and I look around, I don't know which of the dudes lining the wall told me that I was too fat to get raped. It makes me nauseous. But that was a couple years ago, and meanwhile, comedy has changed a lot.
I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
Well, honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.
Cat food. It stinks a bit, but if you don't put up with the smell, the little kitten will die.