Jane

“Hugs feel good even when they come from strangers. Ergo, we should all be hugging more.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A young woman tells you what she's "learned"

“I’ve always had a talent for recognizing when I am in a moment worth being nostalgic for.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

“And one day you'll get out of bed to pee, and someone will say, "I hate it when you leave" and you will WANT to rush back. You'll think, stuff like this only happens to characters played by Jennifer Garner, right? but it's happening to you and it keeps happening even when you cry or misbehave or show him how terrible you are at planning festive group outings. He seems to be there without reservation. He pays attention. He listens. He seems to want to stay.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

“I have written all sorts of paragraphs recounting those months together: first kiss, first Mister Softee, first time I noticed that he won’t touch a doorknob without covering his hand with his sweatshirt. I have written sentences about how the first time we made love it felt like dropping my keys on the table after a long trip, and about wearing his sneakers as we ran across the park toward my house, which would someday be our house. About the way he gathered me up after a long terrible day and put me to bed. About the fact that he is my family now. I wrote it down, found the words that evoked the exact feeling of the edge of the park at 11:00 P.M. on a hot Tuesday with the man I was starting to love. But surveying those words I realized they are mine. He is mine to protect. There is so much I’ve shared, and so much that’s been crushed by the sharing. I never mourned it, because it never mattered.”
― Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"