Confessions are not processed or analysed; they’re told in a moment of desperation to a priest or to somebody interrogating you about a crime. Meghan Daum Read Quote
Just as I never liked bumper stickers – even though I do brake for animals, and if I had a kid, she would definitely be an honor student – I don’t like the idea of expressing my views through social-media-controlled rainbow-or-anything-else-ification. Meghan Daum Read Quote
I’ve always been interested in this notion of what is authentic and how we define that and why our culture imposes certain emotions and emotional constraints onto experiences. Meghan Daum Read Quote
People who choose not to have kids do so because they respect the job of parenting so much that they know not to take it on if they know it’s not something that they’re up for, and I don’t know what to be a bigger tribute to parenting than that. Meghan Daum Read Quote
My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions. Meghan Daum Read Quote
I respond to about a quarter of comments. It’s a good barometer of my mental health – when I’m healthy and busy, I don’t read them. Meghan Daum Read Quote
Other dogs may do their jobs in their own unique and perfectly wonderful ways, but there will always be that dog that no dog will replace, the dog that will make you cry even when it’s been gone for more years than it could ever have lived. Meghan Daum Read Quote
Before digital and mobile communications effectively tethered us to an invisible, infinite ‘wire,’ even those with the most hectic schedules were usually willing to answer the phone if they happened to be home when it rang. Meghan Daum Read Quote
Let’s face it: every campus has its share of students who can’t quite comprehend that extreme political correctness is often born of the same intolerance and anti-intellectualism as standard-issue bigotry. Meghan Daum Read Quote
We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we’re actually working hard. Meghan Daum Read Quote
