Status Updates From Margaret and the Mystery of...

“I’m beginning to think my problem was loneliness. It describes not only a way of life but also a state of being, a social experience insistently internalized and corporeal, felt to be both essential and permanent.” (pg. 249)

“For many of us who lived in the category of girl, the nineties were kind of a mindfuck.” (pg. 248)

"I have only ever wanted to be part of it. History, that is. The great big record of time. But it seems my time keeps running out." (pg. 185)

“You're not fearful. You're strong. You're driven by curiosity and yearning. I believe you're capable of absorbing what I have to share." (pg. 185)

“Adulthood is like the last stop on the train and you have to get off. All you can see is dark and then the train leaves without you.” (pg. 173)