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Thinking Quotes by Sloane Crosley
- You feel like telling him you're not single in the way that he thinks you're single. After all, you have yourself. I think a lot…
- I think humor is the social use. You can put anything in it. I think - yes, I speak heavily in analogies - it is…
- I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't feel like that…
- I have nothing against Canada. I think that Canadians might know the secret to all existence, but to us it just comes off as timid…
- I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.
- I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.
- For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the…
- I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I…
- A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't…
- I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not,…
- I do think New York prepares you for the crossection of personalities and realities on display when you leave the country, and I'd live somewhere…
- 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 a…
- I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of…
- I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... '…
- Let me put it this way: I don't feel as settled as I look. I think that's true of everyone, probably. Except for Beyonce and…
- Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving…
- The Queen of Crafts herself, Martha Stewart, and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding, perfect-tart-producing Martha and not…
- I was taught that candles are like house cats - domesticated versions of something wild and dangerous. There's no way to know how much of…
- You feel like telling him you're not single in the way that he thinks you're single. After all, you have yourself.
- He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and drove away. I…
- I do want to get married. It's a nice idea. Though I think husbands are like tattoos--you should wait until you come across something you…
- The nursery rhyme ends when a spider comes along and frightens Miss Muffet straight off her tuffet. I have wondered about what kind of lesson…
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