"The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that."
"One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy."
"Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope."
"The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts."
"Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them."
"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."