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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What mot

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Samantha Irby (4)

“Not being able to deal with your life is humiliating. It makes you feel weak.”

— Samantha Irby, amazon.com

Tagged: Dealing With Life, Weakness

“I spent too much time trying to mold myself to fit the romantic ideals of humans who proved themselves unworthy of that effort, and I regret it. Never again will I be with someone who is unwilling to accept me as I am, or who has any desire to mold me into something that makes me uncomfortable. Most…”

— Samantha Irby, amazon.com

Tagged: Changing Ourselves, Love & Connection

“No one ever tells attractive children how much they suck, and then the rest of us get stuck with insufferable, narcissistic adults who can barely tie their shoes because someone else is busy either doing it for them or congratulating them on their effort. I do not have the energy to be in a relation…”

— Samantha Irby, amazon.com

Tagged: Narcissists, Self-Absorbed

“Maybe in this life you get all kinds of soulmates, multiple people who vibrate at the same level you do.”

— Samantha Irby, amazon.com

Tagged: forever person, Love & Relationships