“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.' I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good. I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’t write articles trying to prove it doesn’t exist.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
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