“Squirrels, though, are right there with us. They live on our level and toil on the same schedule as humans, in every season.”— Avi Steinberg, nytimes.com
“People went ahead and built those things without worrying much about the consequences, because they figured that, by 2018, we’d have come up with all the answers.”— Jill Lepore, newyorker.com
“Sometimes it can be hard to tell what’s behind those kind eyes – does he really love you, or was he just raised in a loving Midwestern family that taught him to be kind to everyone he meets?”— Reductress, reductress.com
“Regular water has become simply undrinkable to me. Its off-putting flatness disgusts me. I yearn for the gentle kiss of my sweet coconut sparkler.”— Eve Peyser, vice.com
“It’s the day to gather with your family and friends ‘round the hearth, warm beverages and sweet treats at the ready, and have a hearty chortle over the things America stuck inside itself and couldn’t remove without the help of trained medical personnel.”— Barry Petchesky, adequateman.deadspin.com
“Riley insists she’s exemplifying how women can have unconventional yet fulfilling careers.”— Drew Anderson, reductress.com
“Fans online are calling her a New Year’s resolution hero, proclaiming 'we stan an icon.'”— Lauren Steussy, nypost.com
“I already share the earth with so many living things: for instance, my boyfriend who got some shampoo in his eyes yesterday that I had to help him clean out. That was very scary for him.”— Miranda Kronfeld, reductress.com
“Don’t Meet Him Halfway or Go Dutch on a Date versus Pay More Than Your Fair Share and Say, “I’m a Sagittarius, the Most Generous Sign in the Zodiac””— Blythe Roberson, newyorker.com
“I won’t eat (except when I get hungry). I won’t sleep (unless of course I get tired). And I certainly won’t drink (unless I get bored while staking out the stoop in front of my door and my tummy starts begging me for some nog).”— John Duda, postgradproblems.com
“I’m scared I’ll unbutton my pants and every woodland creature within a 5-mile radius will come crashing through the window, clutching awkward middle school photos of me in their paws and talons.”— Ryan Pfeffer, nytimes.com
“My favorite measure of success is not pageviews but the sheer amount of ghosts that reappear after publishing a piece.”— Callie Byrnes, facebook.com
“Perhaps one of the weirdest nuggets of advice offered up in The Rules puts being coy to the extreme. Forget a bit of flirty eye contact or gazing adoringly at each other. The Rules is an advocate of looking… well, basically anywhere other than at your date.”— Katie Bishop, theeverygirl.com
“Boy, you must have a knife, because you just cut straight through to my heart. Oh no, you do have a knife? I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.”— Mary Cella, newyorker.com
“She wears short skirts I wear t-shirts She’s cheer captain and Pop culture demonized the archetype of the pretty blond cheerleader to create a us vs them mentality and rivalry based on subjective comparisons in order to distract teen girls from realizing the true enemy, men”— Gina Divittorio, twitter.com
“Paying rent can be a problem, whether you’re an Angeleno or a sitcom character.”— Jack Flemming, latimes.com
“The cool thing about only having one means, zoning-wise, you can put it in one of these chic neighborhoods that are all over L.A. or New York that will not allow a Chili’s or a Fridays and will only allow one-of-a kind restaurants.”— BJ Novak, foodandwine.com