“An emptiness rules at its core, a rottenness, a silence when one of you retires to bed without saying good night, when you eat together without conversation, when the phone's passed wordlessly to the other. An emptiness when every night you lie in the double bed, restlessly awake, astounded at how closely hate can nudge against love, can wind around it sinuously like a cat. An emptiness when you realize that the loneliest you've ever been is within a marriage, as a wife.”
― The Bride Stripped Bare
― The Bride Stripped Bare
“Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing's wrong, but every breath hurts.”
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
― It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
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