Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child’, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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