“It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.”

“One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?”

“Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.”

“Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.”

“Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to institute new kinds of hierarchies based on sets of values unrecognised by, and critical of, those of the majority.. They have provided us with persuasive and consoling reminders that there is more than one way of succeeding in life.”

“The sulker is a complicated creature, giving off messages of deep ambivalence, crying out for help and attention, while at the same time rejecting it should it be offered, wanting to be understood without needing to speak.”

“An urgent wish is no guarantor of a sound solution.”