“I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles...”

“I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analyti...”

“So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.”

“Sounds naive respecting someone who doesn't give a shit about you.”

“This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.”

“Sounds naive respecting someone who doesn't give a shit about you.”

“For the philosopher, language, thought, and passion are the same. Ideas are personal to a philosopher; they express their human passion and articulate their novel ideas in language. Ideas are more ...”

“I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.”