Will

“In second grade my second love wrote "I love you" on a scrap of paper and dropped it on my desk as he passed by. He was very shy and sullen. When he moved to another school at the end of the term, I was heartsick. I thought about him all summer. But I learned then that we do outgrow people and our tastes do change. One should not marry until one is older. At least ten.”
― Jane Russell, Jane Russell: My Path and My Detours: An Autobiography

“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.”
― Amy Sedaris, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People

“Looking at the ocean makes me miss people, and hanging out with people makes me miss the ocean.”
― Haruki Murakami, Wind/Pinball: Two Novels

“It’s so pathetic, the tough-guy posturing, but so sinister, because, to put it plainly, that’s how black men die. Insecure, pee-pants white men assume that any disagreement is a life-threatening situation.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman