Jane Lane

"Literature is the only worthwhile human endeavor, everything else is commercial."

"Politics is chaos with rules."

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

"Motivation is usually just fear wearing a business suit."

"Inspiration is overrated and usually temporary."

"Relationships are just two people pretending they understand each other."

"Solitude is underrated because most people are terrible."

"The only thing worse than being dead is having to socialize."

"Normality is the biggest threat to artistic integrity."

"Acting normal is just a survival strategy."

"Getting involved is for people who haven't read enough history."

"Compromise is what they call it when you give up everything."

"Conformity is the path of least resistance and maximum boredom."

"People are fundamentally selfish, but at least it's honest."

"School is a system designed to eliminate independent thought."

"The popular kids are just the ones who haven't been found out yet."

"Adults don't actually know what they're doing, they just hide it better."

"Dressing like everyone else is just giving up on yourself."

"The mainstream is where individuality goes to die."

"Television is a direct attack on human intelligence."

"Suburban life is a slow-motion form of death."

"Optimism is delusional, but that's not necessarily a bad thing."

"Trends are just things that happen when people stop thinking."

"Evolution was a mistake somewhere around the development of consciousness."

"Religion and philosophy are just different ways to avoid the truth."

"Celebrity is what happens when being nothing becomes famous."

"Fashion victims are those who take fashion seriously."

"Crime and punishment are just capitalism in action."

"Love is a chemical reaction that makes you stupid."

"Dating is just early-stage friendship failure."