I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with … - Sloane Crosley

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Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord?

Sloane Crosley

I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but. . . ' more than once in any conversation, you should stop hanging out with them.

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I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information. . . . my mother called me to set the table for dinner. She sat me down in the kitchen, and under the classic caveat of 'loving each other very, very much,' explained that when a man and a woman hug tightly, the man plants a seed in the woman. The seed grows into a baby. Then she sent me to the pantry to get placemats. As a direct result of this conversation, I wouldn't hug my father for two months.

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If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.

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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who know where their high school yearbook is and those who do not.

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I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.

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Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality.

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