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- As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and fewer instances of…
- I felt like I wasn't doing justice to either side of my life. It wasn't pronounced. Publicity is an awkward thing to do. 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…
- Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up…
- I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.
- Everything in New York seems to merit preserving. If it's not historical, it's personal. If it's not personal, it's cultural. But you can't. You can't…
- I now know my right from my left and my up from my down. Unluckily, my terrible sense of direction remains. For me, to live…
- If I go into a sandwich shop or anywhere that features 'Today's specials' on a chalkboard more than 10 feet away, I have to ask…
- In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a…
- Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by…
- 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…
- Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia.…
- It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to…
- The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more popular than pixie…
- What annoyed me was that I so often attempted to weasel out of things on purpose, it killed me to do it by accident. It…
- Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members…
- 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…
- When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you will…
- I was compiling a list in my head titled 'Reasons to Get Up: You Don't Have to Leave, but You Can't Pee Here.
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