“Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with.”

“The devices meant to simplify our lives merely create new and improved complexities.”

“Have you ever considered whether Perth's 'dullness' may have inspired you rather than inhibited you?”

“The information paradox- that the more data we have, the stupider we become- has a social corollary, too: that the more frantically we connect, one to another, the more disconnected our relationships become.”

“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.”

“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.”

“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.”