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It’s the body’s way of saying, “Whoops! Time is up. You need to make a change.”

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I’m convinced that anyone who figures out how to focus on the things that are within their control while forgetting the stuff they can’t has won life.

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There’s nothing dirty about it, no, but there is something complicated. There is something which demands more of you, which implicates you, which makes extricating yourself a more involved ordeal than slipping on your tennis shoes and catching the train.

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I don’t ever dress the way I envision myself dressing. I see all these cute outfits on fashion blogs but then I just pull on a sweatshirt and jeans.

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The point is you need someone where the relationship isn’t that deep, where the hangout is relaxed and devoid of pressure.

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It’s winter and will be winter for two more months. You need something to look forward to in order to make it through, don’t you?

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You will evoke no negative, complicated feelings in them. They will never need to “get away” from you. You will never frustrate them or stress them out.

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Because I’m consuming 5,000 calories a day on average and my stomach always hurts because my body is constipated from traveling. I feel like if someone put a pin in me, I would burst and a vat of mashed potatoes would spill out.

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The overachiever is always the first person in the seminar to use words like “hermeneutics.” They come to class with detailed notes, typed, of course, so as to more easily access their flashes of brilliance.

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Bubble bath with rose petals in the water and Sade on the iPod. Corny but efficient.