“The search for one's first professional job is not unlike a magical love potion: when one wants to fall in love with the next thing one sees, one generally does.”
― I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
― I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
“In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss.”
― Until I Find You
― Until I Find You
“We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts.”
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“Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”
― I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
― I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
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