Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.