Melissa Virtueson

"Justice is whatever the most powerful person decides it is."

"Patience is a virtue I don't have time for."

"Kindness is underrated and suspicious."

"Strength is pretending you're fine when you're not."

"Fear is just concern about the future, which is inevitable."

"Power corrupts, but powerlessness is worse."

"Money would solve most of my problems, if I had it."

"Health is something you don't appreciate until you don't have it."

"Adventure is just chaos with a better narrative."

"Imagination is the only escape hatch from reality."

"Technology makes everything worse and easier simultaneously."

"History repeats itself because nobody was paying attention the first time."

"Philosophy is what you study when you want to think about thinking."

"Literature is proof that other people feel as confused as you do."

"Politics is just organized chaos with rules nobody follows."

"War is what happens when people stop talking, which is probably intentional."

"Motivation is something other people seem to have naturally."

"Inspiration strikes at the worst possible moments."

"Relationships require communication, which is why I prefer silence."

"Solitude is peaceful until you realize why you're alone."

"Love is just agreeing to let someone hurt you eventually."

"I'm not weird, I'm just authentically confused."

"The worst part about being smart is understanding all the problems."

"Sometimes doing nothing is the best strategy."

"I pretend to have confidence but it's mostly intimidation."

"Friendship is having someone who knows your worst thoughts and stays anyway."

"Family expects you to be normal, which is an impossible standard."

"I'm trying to be better, but progress is slow and weird."

"School teaches you facts but not how to actually live."

"The more you learn, the more depressing reality becomes."