Because how could I possibly face the world alone if no one could see me?
“I’d been beguiled by the new technology—a toddler crawling toward a gun.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“If stone-sober people can fuck like they’re out of their minds—can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe—why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“A Nigerian acquaintance once asked me if I was worried that men would be intimidated by me. I was not worried at all—it had not even occurred to me to be worried, because a man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I would have no interest in.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
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