No one wants more common sense: most think they have a full measure; a few that they have a finer, uncommon sense to make up for its lack.
Apr 022018
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Mar 012018
Few enjoy violence neat, but stir in a little righteousness and it makes a popular cocktail.
Feb 152018
That you might not be right — this idea can be entertained, briefly, at intervals. But that you might not be good — this is insupportable.
Feb 142018
If you are an impostor, is it a syndrome to feel like one?
Feb 082018
Reputations for iconoclasm vastly outnumber iconoclasts, which is to be expected, as they are vastly more useful.
Jan 252018
Age would be a lot more use to Youth than the other way around.
Jan 152018
Understanding looks, to others, like forgiveness; and forgiveness, to oneself, like understanding.
Nov 202017
It is our former selves that we especially loathe.
Nov 172017
Almost everyone means well, and this is terrifying.
Nov 062017
I’m not sure what normality is, but insisting that one is not at all normal must have something to do with it.