Being a writer guarantees that you will spend too much time alone — and that as a result, your mind will begin to warp. - Anne Lamott

By the end I was deteriorating faster than I could lower my standards.

I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that alot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.

A hundred years from now?
All new people.