Sloane CrosleyI prefer to record all traumas and save them for later, playing them over and over so they can haunt me for a disproportionate number of weeks to come. It's very healthy. ✨ … ▶361Love
Sloane CrosleyBecause, ten-year-olds of the world, you shouldn't believe what your teachers tell you about the beauty and specialness and uniqueness of you. Or, believe it, little snowflake, bu… ▶373PoliticsReading
Sloane CrosleyJuice cleansing has been all the rage for some time. And I used the word 'rage' advisedly; one must push a violent flood of liquidised vegetables and fruit through one's system fo… ▶351Time
Sloane CrosleyThe search for one's first professional job is not unlike a magical love potion: when one wants to fall in love with the next thing one sees, one generally does. ✨ Sloane Cr… ▶363LoveReading
Sloane CrosleyWhat annoyed me was that I so often attempted to weasel out of things on purpose, it killed me to do it by accident. It seemed like a waste of whatever detailed lie I was going to… ▶341Reading
Sloane CrosleyA lot of people are lonely. A lot of people are lonely even when they're surrounded by other people.352Humanity
Sloane CrosleySometimes we don't know what we want until we don't get it. ✨ Sloane Crosley (2012). I Was Told There'd Be Cake, p.73, Portobello Books375ReadingTime
Sloane CrosleyCohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it's all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It's what keeps otherwise functional adults living with their mothe… ▶332Life
Sloane CrosleyI attended an extremely small liberal arts school. There were approximately 1,600 of us roaming our New England campus on a good day. My high school was bigger. My freshman year h… ▶333Thought
Sloane CrosleyIn every woman's wardrobe, there are certain accessories that cannot be separated from their back stories.355Time
Sloane CrosleyFor me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.333Politics
Sloane CrosleyBecause this is the beauty of strangers: we're all just doing our best to help each other out, motivated not by karma but by a natural instinct to help the greater whole. ✨ … ▶301Reading
Sloane CrosleyIn New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, espe… ▶367LifeTime
Sloane CrosleyBecause I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off one's glasses during the day and, … ▶323Reflection
Sloane CrosleyI spent a lot of time waiting for things to happen to me, which is more or less as pathetic as it sounds. ✨ Sloane Crosley (2012). I Was Told There'd Be Cake, p.65, Portobel… ▶378ReadingTime
Sloane CrosleyEvery time I open the drawer, it's a trip down Memory Lane, which, if you don't turn off at the right exit, merges straight into the Masochistic Nostalgia Highway. ✨ Sloane … ▶313ReadingTime
Sloane CrosleyBut now my problems had been set loose. They could be anywhere at any time and I was just like everyone else I knew: almost positive that there was something profoundly and undiag… ▶302ReadingTime
Sloane CrosleyI thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, o… ▶313ReadingThought
Sloane CrosleyI don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as a memoir. They're essays; they're not an autobiography.346Thought
Sloane CrosleyI can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not, unless I want to make out with them. I will take t… ▶357HumanityReadingThought
Sloane CrosleyAlaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics. … ▶368Politics
Sloane CrosleyOut of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.314Time
Sloane CrosleyNo affair that begins with such an orchestrated overture can end on a simple note. ✨ Sloane Crosley (2012). I Was Told There'd Be Cake, p.9, Portobello Books359Reading
Sloane CrosleyMy personality, when tasked with creating meals, goes something like this: Is there a way we can make this more difficult? Because let's do that. I don't mean to complicate things… ▶359Time
Sloane CrosleyKids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members is in the shower. No one knows why. ✨ Sloane C… ▶283ReadingThought
Sloane CrosleyIt seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to her fifth-floor walk-up. How above-the-law childr… ▶3510PoliticsReading
Sloane CrosleyI was compiling a list in my head titled 'Reasons to Get Up: You Don't Have to Leave, but You Can't Pee Here. ✨ Sloane Crosley (2010). How Did You Get This Number, p.134, Pe… ▶349Politics
Sloane CrosleyLet me put it this way: I don't feel as settled as I look. I think that's true of everyone, probably. Except for Beyonce and Jay-Z. I don't think they wake up and think, 'Ugh, whe… ▶316LifeThoughtTruth
Sloane CrosleyInsomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or w… ▶272Reading
Sloane CrosleyEvery day of my adult life, I have worn at least one piece of jewelry from my maternal grandmother's collection, all of which were manufactured by famed Danish silversmith Georg J… ▶327LifeTruth
