I only surround myself with people who I find intellectually stimulating.
My Girl, 1991
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Louisa May Alcott
You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn’t bother you so much.
Jeffrey Eugenides
She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
There are times when I’m alone and I think, this is it. This is actually the natural state. All I need are my thoughts and my small acts of creation and my ability to go or do whatever I want to go or do. I am myself, and that is the point. Pairing is a social construction. It is by no means necessary for everyone to do it. Maybe I’m better like this.
David Levithan, The Lover’s Dictionary
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