“I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real things. I’m tired of talking about movies and gossiping about friends. Life is crunchy and complicated and all the more delicious.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“Everybody dies. But not everybody lives.”
― The Sound of Glass
― The Sound of Glass
“You’re strong at the broken places.”
― The Sound of Glass
― The Sound of Glass
“You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing. That is what I know.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“The friends you meet over forty are really juicy. They are highly emulsified and full of flavor. Now that you’re starting to have a sense of who you are, you know better what kind of friend you want and need.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
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