“i want to go to the gymand pretend the weight machines are drumsand play the longest drum solo on them”

“i wish i had 15-20 cats that would serve as a blanket, like if i moved they would adjust to my new position, that would be good”

“i had a dream that there were these huge indoor swimming pools called 'lobbies' that poor people used to do mass amounts of laundry”

“Anne has small superstitions which she uses to dispel anxieties. For instance, if she can make it to the fourth stain on the carpet by the time the elevator door closes, that means Nate has thought positively about her today, and there is a future where they know each other. It becomes a one-sided competition when a negative consequence is imagined: if she cannot touch two different kinds of tile with her feet by the time the toilet flushes, that means she said something crucially “wrong” in an email, and Nate will never contact her again. She doesn't keep track of which side is winning.”

“i want to go to the gymand pretend the weight machines are drumsand play the longest drum solo on them”

“Feel completely unable to do anything. Try to picture your life in five years. It really seems like you will be dead.”

“i could never be a sports writer, unless my assignment was to write 'sports sports sports sports sports' for three pages”

“i want to pull very long, multi-colored strings out of my brain and place them next to a bowl of doritos at a party”

“my cat is always looking at me like i am forgetting something crucial and he depends on it”

“i wish cats could float around your head”

“shrimp and green peppers are shriveling in my refrigerator”