FROM 9/11/01
“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer Memories are odd. They come and they go as…
Secrets
FROM HAPPY JEWISH NEW YEAR
“Who hasn’t ever wondered: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?” – Clarice Lispector You’ll notice that…
FROM WHY I WON’T MEET ANYONE AT THE GYM
“I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James.”–Ellen DeGeneres Whenever I move to a new city, one of the first things I’m…
FROM THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM TURNS TWO
“Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get…
FROM A TWITCHING EYE
My eye wouldn’t stop twitching today and I bet that if it had a voice it would probably try to say the following: …
FROM THE HAPPINESS TO-DO LIST
“I heard a definition once. Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.” -Audrey Hepburn…
FROM SLEEPAWAY CAMP
“So we’re getting close to suggesting that camp is both the opposite of cool and a refinement of it.”–Tat Wood What going to first base really…
FROM 6 QUESTIONS I WISH YOU WOULDN’T ASK
“There were so many questions in life. You couldn’t ever have all the answers.”–Sarah Dessen Why are you STILL single? As if there is…
FROM AWKWARD SILENCES
“It’s only awkward if you let it be.” ― Silvia Donahue Do you ever go to sit down at a table and there’s complete and utter,…
FROM WHY DOING LAUNDRY CAN BE A PROBLEM
“I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don’t have any clean laundry, because, come on,…