Jane Lane

"Most things in life are just elaborate ways to waste time."

"Happiness is just depression with better PR."

"Real friends don't expect you to change. Everyone else does."

"I'm not against people, I'm just pro-solitude."

"The worst part about being smart is you can't turn it off."

"I've never understood the appeal of pretending to like things."

"Success is just a word people use when they're trying to impress someone."

"The human race is simultaneously fascinating and horrifying."

"I draw because words are too easy to fake."

"Most people are just one bad day away from completely losing it."

"Vulnerability is just honesty without the armor."

"I don't believe in destiny. I believe in poor life choices."

"The problem with most advice is that it comes from people who don't know any better."

"Friendship requires actually liking someone, which is statistically unlikely."

"I appreciate when people are authentically terrible instead of fake nice."

"Time is just a way to measure how slowly life is disappointing you."

"The only constant in life is that everything is more complicated than it appears."

"I find the concept of 'normal' to be infinitely more bizarre than anything weird."

"People are predictable if you're cynical enough."

"I don't draw to inspire people. I draw to document reality."

"Peer pressure is just natural selection for people who can't think."

"The worst thing about growing up is realizing your parents had no idea what they were doing either."

"I'm not antisocial, I'm just pro-avoiding-idiots."

"Most people's idea of deep conversation is gossip with pretensions."

"I believe in keeping my expectations low. That way I'm rarely disappointed."

"The universe doesn't care about your dreams, so why should you stress?"

"I find the human condition to be endlessly entertaining in its absurdity."

"Real strength is not caring what people think."

"I don't need validation. I have self-awareness."

"The problem with hope is that it usually leads to disappointment."