Status Updates From The White Album

“girls were not supposed to want that in 1968. They were supposed to want only to perfect their karma, to give and get what were called good vibrations and to renounce personal ambition as an ego game. They were supposed to know that wanting things leads in general to grief, and that wanting to be a movie star leads in particular to U.C.L.A. Neuropsychiatric.“

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

on the road — so much incredible and clever wordplay. i love the way her words just flash by like lighting. this is one of my fav essays in the book for sure!