Oliver Burkeman

“i think if you were to say a book about aliveness it would if it wasn't you or someone like you that's going to do it in a sufficiently sanguine and self-deprecating way”

“frankl's inverse law when a man can't find a deep sense of meaning they distract themselves with pleasure that's victor frankl”

“you know, so I've had, to the extent that, you know, to the extent that I'm a calmer person and a happier person than I was, which is, you know, it's a mixed picture, but I think one of the big reasons for that, is sort of this combination of like, I kind of know what I'm doing.”

“his contention is to release the tiller of the boat and sort of to allow it to go where it goes as he says”