Sophia Benoit > Quotes

“I know now that the wanting itself is sweet, but that you don’t want it to get overripe. A whole life filled only with desire and never with fulfillment becomes bitter in its own way.”
― Sophia Benoit, Well, This Is Exhausting

“Taste is not, despite attitudes to the contrary, delivered divinely from above. Taste is decided by the wealthy, the powerful, the victors. Taste is often more about gatekeeping and upholding division than anything else.”
― Sophia Benoit, Well, This Is Exhausting

“It’s expected that men’s emotional growth in their early twenties will be built on the backs of the women in their lives. And this frees up time in their schedules to be the fun uncle or the fun dad or fun friend, the person who doesn’t have to follow the rules or adhere to responsibility because guess what? Someone else is taking care of it. (And that someone is almost always female.) Men still get to abdicate work at home despite no longer being the sole financial providers, because someone else will always pick up the slack.”
― Sophia Benoit, Well, This Is Exhausting

“no matter how good you are, no matter how well you behave, no matter how few risks you take, you will get hurt. You’ll feel left out. You’ll be lonely. You’ll wish you had more friends as an adult. You’ll get acne on your chin. You’ll feel like your boss hates you. You’ll get a bunch of parking tickets. You’ll never get it right.”
― Sophia Benoit, Well, This Is Exhausting: Essays

“Workout classes, I’m sorry to say, are the opiate of the already fit, or the already thin,”
― Sophia Benoit, Well, This Is Exhausting: Essays