In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.

HOBBES:Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?

HOBBES:If you don't get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.