— The paintings of Todd Schorr (above).

— “The ‘bad seed’ narrative—genetically sociopathic child commits atrocities—was much more newsworthy…”

— “I spent twenty minutes moonwalking the carpet and singing Andy Gibb’s ‘I Just Want to Be Your Everything’ before collapsing on the bed, where I lay awake until dawn, quaking with the conviction that every decision I’ve made since birth has been corrupt, selfish, and wrong.”—Wells Tower

— “In order to speak a language like Guugu Yimithirr, you need to know where the cardinal directions are at each and every moment of your waking life. You need to have a compass in your mind that operates all the time…”

— “For those of you who don’t know, you’ll presume ‘fraggle rock’ was an extremely powerful type of crystal meth.”

— “Knowledge, far from limiting imagination, enables it to serve its central function.”

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