Brandon Graham Quotes

But it’s still a big fight to get the work you’re really excited about onto shelves. And past that, convincing someone to pay you to do the work that you are most excited about is more than a trick, it’s a fucking scam of a magic trick.

His life had become a pathetic parable of alienation, a self-imposed banishment. Being alone made him feel simultaneously liberated and isolated.

There is a dangerous narrative in many universities that emotional instability is normal, that it's a byproduct of working hard. It resembles a competition: whoever is the most exhausted is the most dedicated. If you haven't slept, have been working all week non-stop and you essentially live in the library knocking back coffee, you are deserving of a good grade. To be calm and well rested is your way of letting your fellow classmates know that you are behind in your studies, and it is common to laugh at how so-and-so must not have started the essay since they look alive.