Philipp Rimmler

But I do think we should ask if we suffer from the illusion that being busy is virtuous. And when we’re relaxing how are we relaxing? If travel ends up being stressful then we have to reevaluate where we’re going and why.

doesn't reality always feel a bit tenuous in summer? The way the days lose structure, how they blend into one another, how time moves in funny ways.

Magritte's aim was not to create fantasy for its own sake but to provoke thought by revealing the strangeness all around us. To him, fantasy was about making the familiar unfamiliar so that we could see reality anew. Always with a subtle sense of humor, like summer, decadent, witty, curious, and strange.

“L’opportunité c’est fucking énorme” —Ronan O’Gara, delivered in “Cork French”

The psychological adjustment may be hardest for those who've spent decades climbing the white-collar ladder. A 45-year-old former VP of sales doesn't just lose a job when they're laid off—they lose the entire lens through which they understood their place in the world.

Those that have found themselves caught in arguments over overcrooks and alley-oops know there’s a fine mesh of rules that govern our language, a lexicon and syntax that can only be understood through experience.

“The time is short, the opportunity is great; therefore, crowd the hours with the best that is in you." —John G. Hibbens, Princeton Commencement Address, 1913

L’esprit d’escalier

you’re not positioning, you’re posturing.