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“He always accuses me of trying to look'cool', I was like, 'everybody tries to look cool, I just happen to be successful.”
― Ghost World
― Ghost World
“But I was afraid. Maybe he would believe me, take my word that the guards had let me go. That Badriya had said it was all right. That I did nothing inappropriate or shameful at the resource center. Impossible. We”
― The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
― The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
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“Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.”
― The Good Luck of Right Now
― The Good Luck of Right Now
“It was October 2001 and I lived in New York City. I was twenty two. I, like many of my female friends, suffered from a strange combination of post 9/11 anxiety and height of Sex and the City anxiety. They are distinct and unnerving anxieties. The questions that ran through my ming were something like this: 'Should I keep a gas mask in my kitchen? Am I supposed to be able to afford Manolo Blahnik shoes? What is Barneys New York? You're trying to tell me a place called 'Barney's' is fancy?'Where are the fabulous gay friends that I was promised? Gay guys hate me! Is this anthrax or powdered sugar? Help! Help!”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
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