We see a first generation going through adolescence knowing their every misstep, all the awkward gestures of their youth, are being frozen in a computer's memory.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies.

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.

To understand desire, one needs language and flesh.

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

I miss those days even though I wasn't alive.

The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil.

One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance.

I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn’t get him anything other than a living.

The writer’s life is a sacred wonder.

... I think this Law, by which I am punished, is both unreasonable in itself, and particularly severe... Polly Baker

Truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal.

Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

Loneliness feels like prison.

No violence, No competition, No Groups, No Chiefs.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.