--- title: "1 Marry Wrong Quotes By Meghan Daum" description: "1 Marry Wrong quotes by Meghan Daum. Plus more from Meghan Daum and more Marry Wrong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/meghan-daum-18332_afraid_in-new-york-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-ur_2799198.png" --- > [In New York the stakes are so high. In urban centers the stakes are so high. You marry the wrong person, you go to the wrong college, you take the wrong job. Any of these things could really get you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/in-new-york-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-urban-centers-the-stakes-are-so/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/meghan-daum-18332_afraid_in-new-york-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-ur_2799198.png) ## More by Meghan Daum > [I've always been a late bloomer in some ways, and extremely precocious in other ways. When I was twenty I was living in New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-ve-always-been-a-late-bloomer-in-some-ways-and-extremely-precocious/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [The greatest sex toy ever invented may be the telephone. Sometimes there's nothing more erotic than a disembodied voice, no question more tantalizing than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/the-greatest-sex-toy-ever-invented-may-be-the-telephone-sometimes/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [A lot of the reason I left New York, in addition to being so broke, was that I just felt I was becoming provincial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/a-lot-of-the-reason-i-left-new-york-in-addition-to-being-so-broke-was/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I don't keep a diary or a journal. Sometimes I'll send emails to friends and that's a way of recording what I was thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-don-t-keep-a-diary-or-a-journal-sometimes-i-ll-send-emails-to/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I grew up in a town where there were no adults over forty who weren't somebody's parents. It was, unfortunately, the kind of town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-grew-up-in-a-town-where-there-were-no-adults-over-forty-who-weren-t/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I mean, being provincial is a privilege in a way. Also people in New York think everybody interacts because they all take the subway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-mean-being-provincial-is-a-privilege-in-a-way-also-people-in-new/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I just am a person who loves houses. In a way, it's dovetailed into one of the themes of The Unspeakable: Why do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-just-am-a-person-who-loves-houses-in-a-way-it-s-dovetailed-into-one/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [For me, one of the reasons I love this form - the personal essay form - is because it's a way of forming an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/for-me-one-of-the-reasons-i-love-this-form-the-personal-essay-form-is/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [New York is such a special place. It's really intense for people because they live here when they're young. On top of the energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/new-york-is-such-a-special-place-it-s-really-intense-for-people/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, he’s a damn good writer. It’s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/evan-handler-is-not-only-a-fine-actor-he-s-a-damn-good-writer-it-s/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-feel-that-i-m-an-essayist-and-that-my-best-work-gets-done-in-that/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [Maybe learning how to be out in the big world isn't the epic journey everyone thinks it is. Maybe that's actually the easy part.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/maybe-learning-how-to-be-out-in-the-big-world-isn-t-the-epic-journey/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [I don't understand why it's more socially acceptable to say that you are a shallow person than to just say this is not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/i-don-t-understand-why-it-s-more-socially-acceptable-to-say-that-you/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [As soon as I accepted that I am this kind of writer and I happen to live here, and stopped going to meetings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/as-soon-as-i-accepted-that-i-am-this-kind-of-writer-and-i-happen-to/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) > [There may well be a few extremists out there somewhere calling for a militant, women-only utopia, but why should this be the definition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-daum/there-may-well-be-a-few-extremists-out-there-somewhere-calling-for-a/) [Meghan Daum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-daum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marry-wrong/meghan-daum/#itemlist", "name": "1 Marry Wrong Quotes By Meghan Daum", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In New York the stakes are so high. 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