Melissa Robbins

"Justice is what everyone thinks they deserve but nobody thinks they actually deserve."

"Patience is a virtue I don't have and probably never will."

"Kindness costs nothing, which is probably why people are so stingy with it."

"Strength isn't about being tough; it's about not falling apart completely."

"Fear is just your body telling you that something matters."

"Power is awesome until you realize everyone expects something from you."

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy stuff that distracts you from being sad."

"Health is something you appreciate once you've lost it."

"Adventure is when something interesting happens to you, intentionally or not."

"Imagination is the only thing that makes reality tolerable."

"Technology is supposed to make life easier, but mostly it just adds new ways to worry."

"History is just people making the same mistakes over and over again."

"Philosophy is what you think about when you can't fall asleep."

"Literature is how dead people talk to us, which is kind of amazing if you think about it."

"Politics is the worst game because everyone loses but nobody quits."

"War is what happens when diplomacy fails and people get really, really mad."

"Motivation is great until you realize you have to actually do the thing."

"Inspiration is a nice word for 'panic before a deadline.'"

"Relationships are where you learn that nobody's as normal as you thought."

"Solitude is nice until you remember you have to live with yourself."

"The worst part about being right is that you still have to deal with everyone else being wrong."

"I like to think of myself as a work in progress, which sounds better than 'complete disaster.'"

"People are weird, and that's probably the most normal thing about them."

"Happiness isn't about having everything; it's about not noticing what you're missing."

"I'm not lazy; I'm just energy-efficient."

"Success is failing better than everyone else."

"The only way to win is to not play, which is why I lose constantly."

"Life's too short to waste time on people who don't make you laugh."

"If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough, or you're not trying at all."

"Everything looks worse at 3 AM, which is when I do most of my thinking."