From 1985 to 1990 there were nine murders in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Frankford where the victim was sexually assaulted and then brutally stabbed.

Clear your schedule, it’s a 3-day celebration!

There’s a girl in here who might actually be the real Beyoncé.

Paying for dinner when you have money, and letting someone pay for it when they don’t. Taking turns with the expectation of who has to “foot the bill” when you…

I called his office, he told me that his phone died, that he forgot his charger at home. He’d call me later. 10 days of nothing. He disappeared.

It’s not the end of the world. Really. Seriously.

I once told a girl I had a thing for that I wanted to get her boyfriend pregnant. Drunk me thought that this would make her jealous.

It’s good to be the king.

Chances are you’ve shared a room at some point in your life, making you a well-practiced college roommate.

That I wasn’t holding onto another person, but to an answer, and to hope. I’m not sorry you didn’t end up being that for me. I’m grateful, because it made…

When their hands run across your body, you think about how much they care. You think about how they will be there for you. Forever, you think. Forever, you hope.

Pro: The attention.

They allow a healthy dose of delusion to inhabit their reality.

She hauls in a bag or two full of sparkles and spangles and fringe, tiny outfits and brightly colored thongs that are just strips of fabric, no substance.

We fall in love with the idea of a person, of all the things we glimpse in small, rapid moments, and cling to those flashes with a desperation that can…

I don’t know what it is exactly, but it seems like you really really care for me in a way that others just don’t. You seem to really want the…

I live alone. Correction: I’m a lady who lives alone. Because of these facts, I do some pretty weird things since no one is around to judge me except for…

The ink to a pen, the feather to a wing, the star to a galaxy; we’re specks of dust caught in the howling winds of a desert storm. Together, we…

6. The crouching mirror hidden flaws selfie.

The expectation for an older sibling to settle down is always at a premium.

The word “retarded” is defined as being less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one’s age. I used the term in an appropriate and applicable…

So many arguments in dating relationships, friendships, and marriages are rooted in one sinister question.

6. “I don’t talk to her anymore!”

When you wait to say “I love you”, the things you say instead can end up being far more specific, personal, and genuine than anything else.

1. It will forever be a part of who you are.

1. She’s too typical.

“I like a girl who knows how to eat!”

Sometimes you just gotta get wild on a Tuesday night.

Maybe it’s just that we’re all at the centers of our own little universes, and sometimes they overlap with other people’s, and that small bit of intersection leaves some part…

I don’t know how I feel about this. At the moment I’m angry, but tomorrow I’ll probably feel a little sad.

I was very much looking forward to a week all to myself. My own private vacation.

They work and can have professional, high-earning jobs, but they know that a career or a promotion or an extra thousand dollars a month isn’t going to be what keeps…

And to think, people go to film school for years and years to be able to make something this creative and tell a story this good.

“We will not go anywhere from here,” Klitschko told the crowd, speaking from a stage in the square as fires burned around him, releasing huge plumes of smoke into the…

Pizza is our savior. Pizza, our god. All hail the pizza.

“People are going to talk behind your back no matter what you do, and no matter how old you are.”

On Friday evening, around 8:30, I received an email from the VP of Customer Experience at Nordstrom. The email read: Dear Emma- My name is Fanya Chandler and I wanted…

Sharing your umbrella with a stranger.

Maybe there’s no brakes, maybe there’s no way to take things any way other than how we take them.

You didn’t reply because you had expected you’d see me this weekend anyway. You’d just text me on Friday night. Right?

I have had one relationship where we cuddled, went on dates, kissed, and did lots of other things, but never had “real” sex. And that was fine with both of…

25. I will always bail you out of jail. 26. I will always slap you after I bail you out of jail because you got arrested without me.

Although shameless, this man’s laughter is infectious and, I must admit… positively joyful.

After all, shoes changed Dorothy and Cinderella’s lives. You should have a pair that does the same for you.

Keep your love just for you, and share it organically with the people in your real life. You don’t need the rest of the world involved.

1. According to IMDB, over the entire run of the franchise, over 25,000 items of clothing and costuming have been used. 2. Harry Potter was such an amazing franchise.

When I was twenty-five, I quit my job to travel the world because I met five travelers in Thailand who changed my views on how I wanted to live my…

3. Japanese-Jewish cuisine.

We love New Girl here at Thought Catalog. We’ve listed funny quotes, inspiring quotes, reasons why you should watch this fun show. Well, I guess I’m just adding to the…

It’s an event when an unknown car drives through town. Who could it be?