People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the conversation, it just leaves the other person sputtering for a response. I like, "You'll be the first to know.". — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
As far as types preferring other types, people of the same type can understand each others' perspective very well, but also drive each other… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that when you tell people to come see you, they might not get the idea about when it's time to leave. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share
There are some people who do not have a wild past because being wild would make them terribly self-conscious and uncomfortable. — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
