“If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.”

“The way I see it, love is an amusement park, and food its souvenir.”

“Dating meant nightclubs, heels, and black. It meant, "No, thank you. Really, I'm full." It meant matching bras and underwear. Clothes with the word MICRO used to describe them.”

“If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.”

“Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believing that we had ownership, that we could have done something to change the outcome. It's lazier than The Clapper.”

“Here's what I've learned about "soon"; it's short for "someday." We make space in our lives for what matters, now. Not in promises and soons, but on mantels with sterling frames, in shelves we clear to make room for our now. Everything else i talk.”

“What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.”

“Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.”