“The whole point of becoming an adult is to achieve self-reliance.”

“Boredom might be construed as the impetus for achievement rather than as an obstacle to it.”

“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.”

“...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.”

“The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to experience.”

“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.”