The Nix

by Nathan Hill

Any problem you face in a video game or in life is one of four things: an enemy, obstacle, puzzle, or trap. That’s it. Everyone you meet in life is one of those four things.”

Every life has a moment like this, a trauma that breaks you into brand-new pieces.

It’s no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it’s sanctimony.”

Not heavy, exactly, but given enough time, any weight can become too much to bear.

people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because eventually, if you dig deep enough into anybody, if you really look under the hood of someone’s life, you will find something familiar.

Sometimes we’re so wrapped up in our own story that we don’t see how we’re supporting characters in someone else’s.