“In case you haven't noticed, the word has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth based on observed data. Reality is too complicated and scary for that. Instead, it's way easier to ignore… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
“In the story of the blind men and the elephant, what’s usually ignored is the fact that each man’s description was correct. What Faye… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“He’s like the most dangerous species of American there is: heterosexual white male who didn’t get what he wanted.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“Whereas if you choose to see people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“But such was the way with people – they loved the things that made them miserable.” — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“Empathy. Most people think empathy is like understanding someone else or relating to them. But it's more than that. Real empathy is the actual… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“I saw the northern lights once. In upper Alberta. I booked a trip with this outfit called See the Northern Lights! I had wanted… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“A dormitory was a hopeless idea. Whoever thought of encasing two hundred girls in a concrete box?” — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“There is not one true self hidden by many false ones. Rather, there is one true self hidden by many other true ones” — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“Everyone loves a prodigy [...]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“In case you haven't noticed, the word has pretty much given up on the old Enlightenment idea of piecing together the truth based on… — Nathan Hill Copy Share
“he functionally remembered the desire to quit Elfscape, but there was no part of his brain actively telling him to do so, plus” — Nathan Hill Copy Share
