“The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is”

“If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.”

“Care not who is richer or more learned than thou, if none be more generous and loving.”

“As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.”

“The second she touched it, the blue screen of death appeared, along with that dissonant gank noise Windows makes when it decides the stress of existence has become too much and commits electronic suicide.”

“You might discuss important philosophical topics, such as the nature of existence- or what a bunch of lying toe rags politicians are.”

“I was consumed by some kind of unholy, indignant rage that propelled me through the confrontation to its successful conclusion - and out the other side into the cool, calm lagoon of reflective dread known as the ‘what the fuck have I just done?’ feeling.”