Sharice

“What’s the difference between this school and a happy retirement community?” The room was silent again. “The difference is ’rithmetic! A retired person living by the ocean, just doing a little reading and writing till the end of their days—that’s the dream, right? ‘What do you do all day?’ ‘Some reading, a little writing.’ Sounds idyllic, right? And yet school sucks. Everybody hates it. What’s the difference? ’Rithmetic! It’s time somebody put their finger on this fucking obvious thing.”
― B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

“I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.”
― B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

“Relearn astonishment.”
― Elias Canetti

“The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger...”
― Sarah Waters