“I like yr texts. When they actually say something. I like feeling rain on skin rather than watching it through a windscreen. I like food from plants better than food from shelves. I like this laptop, but a life in front of it would be sterile. I like a clean kitchen but know that what kills bacteria will kill me also. I’d rather use people than television for company. And I’d rather move halfway around the world to be with someone than Skype them nightly. Luddite? No. I don’t want to smash machines, I just don’t want them to smash me.”

I found this pasted to a wall in Wellington, so unfortunately I cannot credit this brilliance, but it continually speaks to me.