Kim Quindlen

Do not think of this conversation as a weapon that you’re unleashing. As something you should apologize for. As a tempting evil that you were too weak to stay away from.

Whenever they stay at your place, it seems like they have twenty different bags with them. One with their overnight clothes, one with their laptop and planner, another filled to the brim with papers to grade, and another that contains about one-third of the merchandise from Michael’s.

The truth becomes a lot less scary when you’re not trying to avoid it.

Stop having a crush on Lance Bass.

At various points in your life, your path will cross someone else’s at a specific moment in time – a moment where they are angry or insecure or suffering or jealous or heartbroken. And they will take it out on you.

Understand the difference between making them a top priority in your life, and making them the only thing you have going on in your life.

A lot of the time, anxiety pops the bubble that you’ve been living in up until now. It’s scary, but it forces you to understand things you never would have otherwise.

You’re going to go through things. Things that are hard, gut-wrenching, and scary. You’ll have moments where you feel like you’re on top of the world, but you’ll also have these terrifying, challenging moments where you have no idea how you’re going to get through the day.

It’s a hard and brutal truth to accept. It stings. It’s not fair. It makes you feel helpless and out of control. But the fastest way to get back into control, to feel powerful, and to mend your wounds, is to face the truth.

Do not have cellulite. You can achieve this by going to social events where all of the lights are turned off.

Chances are that if you get a hangover-themed Snapchat from us, we took the photo more than a dozen times; not in an attempt to look perfect, but rather in an attempt to successfully show you how much of a mess we are right now.

You’re trapped on a lifeboat that can only hold two people. The lifeboat currently holds you, Oprah and Meryl Streep. Which other person do you save besides yourself?