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Where are they? Another gust of wind. Funny, it reminded me of Grandpa. His wintry demeanor, maybe. Or his icy sense of humor. I recalled one particular shooting weekend years ago. A mate, just trying to make conversation, asked Grandpa ...more
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Dolly Alderton
“I think something happens in your thirties where you slightly let go of this idea of the perfect career. I have so much fun outside of work, maybe it’s enough that it’s just fine. It pays okay, I get on with my colleagues. At the end of the day, it’s just ye olde day job.”
Dolly Alderton, Ghosts

Nadia Hashimi
“I crossed scorched earth for the second time in my life, unsure if it would be my spirit or my knees to buckle first. Unsure which fire would shape my destiny and which would burn me. Unsure if what I was running toward was any better than what I was running from.”
Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars

Nadia Hashimi
“Books are a tiny string connecting me to my parents. To be a reader is to be like them. To be around books and readers has brought me comfort too.”
Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars

Michelle Zauner
“Perhaps I was still sanctimoniously belittling the two roles she was ultimately most proud of, unable to accept that the same degree of fulfillment may await those who wish to nurture and love as those who seek to earn and create.”
Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

Seth Rogen
“I’ve thought about starting a business where I sell prosthetic foreskins to Jews so they can feel what it would have been like to have non-Jew junk. It would be called Gentile Genitals and it would make a fortune.”
Seth Rogen, Yearbook

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