Comedy can simultaneously allow you to dive headfirst into the world’s pain and escape it.
ABBI JACOBSON
ABBI JACOBSON
Abbi Jacobson on escape
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I think being compassionate of each other’s lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We’re all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I’m trying to lean into that.
Abbi JacobsonAbbi Jacobson Women right now, we can’t make mediocre [stuff]. Men can and do make tons of mediocre stuff, but I feel like women.
Abbi JacobsonAbbi Jacobson Cereal when high is always a great option. I don’t even have cereal for that reason.
Abbi JacobsonAbbi Jacobson I used to not be into the fancy ones. I used to eat goo balls all the time.
Abbi JacobsonAbbi Jacobson I think that Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs, like, a pump-up. And I think Jock Jams is a classic pump-up. Like before she starts working, she needs that.
Abbi JacobsonAbbi Jacobson Every show that comes out that’s female driven is compared to the last female-driven show, as if it’s taking over.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens Take me from this wasteland, for I have longed for an escape like a bird that craves the wilderness, from every corner of his cage.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
Keira KnightleyKeira Knightley