“When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I thought we had reached an understanding, the institution of marriage and I. Weddings are like the triathalon of female friendship: the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Friendship is a Spackle in itself. You'll forgive your friends a lot, and if you're a woman, you'll forgive your straight male… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“It's not that you have lost touch with these people. You haven't. It's just that they have kept in such close touch… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“When you have a steady and lifelong group of girlfriends, chances are the person you're telling the story to is actually part… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named me "Slow".… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“If I could just get my partner to see me how she used to - to fall in love with me all over again… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to live in Berlin. It's bombed out and there's a lot of techno. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
