Daria Morgendorffer

"Creativity is just procrastination with better PR."

"Justice usually depends on whose side you're on."

"Patience is a virtue for people without anything better to do."

"Kindness often backfires. I've seen the data."

"Strength is often just stubbornness that works out."

"Fear is just another word for rational assessment."

"Power is temporary; being right is forever."

"Money is just a system to formalize inequality."

"Health is what people claim to want until they have to work for it."

"Adventure is what happens when you haven't planned well enough."

"Imagination is useful until reality intrudes."

"Technology just makes it easier to waste time efficiently."

"History is basically a list of things humanity keeps getting wrong."

"Philosophy is interesting in theory."

"Literature is proof that other people were miserable too."

"Politics is too depressing to waste mental energy on."

"War is what happens when communication fails, which is always."

"Motivation is overrated. Most things happen from inertia."

"Inspiration usually comes too late to be useful."

"Solitude is underrated by people who don't understand it."

"Time moves slower when you're suffering. I've noticed this."

"Peace is just what people call boredom with a better name."

"Beauty is subjective, which explains fashion magazines."

"Love seems to be everyone's excuse for irrational behavior."

"People always want what they can't have. It's a useful pattern to understand."

"Homework is just a system to steal your time and call it education."

"High school is essentially meaningless, which is precisely why it matters so much."

"Everyone pretends to be something they're not. I've just decided not to."

"The world would be better if more people just stayed home."

"Sarcasm is just truth with better delivery."