The worst thing about depression isn't the sense that you're accentuating the negative, it's that you're seeing things the way they really are, stripped of the illusions you use every day to divert yourself from the Yawning Maw of Futility.… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“So Jane was getting married. Well, more power to her. In fact, let me tighten those straps. Any word from the governor on the… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
Wait until France gets a hard shot in the nose. Wait until France reacts with some nasty work. They'll get a golf-clap from the… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
I’ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you’ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I’ll be fine. That’s the… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“If you can pick the baby up without him squirting our of your hands like a bar of soap in the shower, he's not… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
The same people who accuse America of coddling dictators are sputtering with bilious fury because we actually deposed one. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
And I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“She was moving slowly, appearing to come no closer. Perhaps she was losing ground against the earth's rotation.” — James Lileks Copy Share Image
If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
