Rosa Brooks:

Sheryl, have you ever stopped to consider that all this "leaning in" is ruining life for the rest of us?

When did we come to believe that crucial national security decisions are best made by people too tired to think straight?

Quinn Norton:

A life is measured in time. The sooner you walk away from a useless fight, the more of it you get to have. In time the net will teach you that you simply can't care about everything that deserves to be cared about.

Rebecca Solnit:

Ivory collectors in China aren't shooting elephants in Africa, but the elephants are being shot for them.

James Wood:

To have a home is to become vulnerable. Not just to the attacks of others, but to our own adventures in alienation.

William Drenttel:

In order to love your work, take vacations.