Home > Work > Young Jane Young
21 " I felt guilty, but lighter. I had turned my problem into someone else’s. "
― Gabrielle Zevin , Young Jane Young
22 " The key to happiness in life is knowing when to keep your mouth shut. "
23 " I do not know much about boys, but I think superior research skills would be a Very Good Thing to have in a boyfriend. "
24 " Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center. "
25 " What suit jacket would say “supportive,” “feminist,” “unbroken,” “optimistic”? What one effing suit jacket could possibly accomplish that? "
26 " If you’re honest with yourself, one of the reasons you moved into an off-campus apartment and didn’t get any roommates is because you hoped something like this would happen. You set the stage, and you knew the player wouldn’t be able to resist the call of the theater. "
27 " Living, it seemed to her, was the acquiring of bad habits. Dying, the process of rescinding them. "
28 " We had been there about four days when she said, “It feels like last year was a dream,” she said. “It feels like I had a fever, and the fever has finally broken.” “I’m glad,” I said. “Still,” she said, “sometimes I miss the fever. "
29 " . . . the first topic that comes to mind is often a woman’s right to choose or sexual assault, but I believe the most important women’s issue is the wage gap. I believe this is the root issue from which all other inequalities stem . . . "
30 " A woman should never please other people at the expense of pleasing herself. "
31 " I say, “I just don’t like you, "
32 " You had things you wanted to know. But she is so hung up on the morality of it that she’s useless. "
33 " We walk to the parking lot, and he says, "Did something happen back there? Did I say something wrong? I thought it was going very well until suddenly it wasn't."I say, "I just don't like you," and I get in my car. "
34 " I did wear those shoes to my wedding, and I ended up twisting my ankle on the way out of the synagogue. I limped through the entire reception. I couldn't dance at all.My mother's advice had always been sound. "
35 " Not that this new husband is anything special—his name is Tony and he used to be in the auto glass business in New Jersey. But Roz fixed him up and took him shopping for shirts at Bloomingdale’s, and now they’re taking all these classes at the JCC together—Conversational Spanish and Ballroom Dancing and Massage for Lovers and Creative Soap and Candle Making. I don’t particularly want a husband. They’re a lot of work, but I don’t want to spend the rest of my life alone either, and it would be nice to have someone to go to classes with is what I’m saying. "
36 " I also think people didn’t truly understand the Internet back then, if indeed they can be said to understand it now. "
37 " Maybe you survive cancer, maybe you survive the Holocaust, but life’ll get you every time. "
38 " I was overweight when I was her age, and my mother discussed it exhaustively. And yes, as a result, I would say I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather? "
39 " I would say I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather? "
40 " I found I had a knack for the combination of discipline, communication, psychology, politics, stagecraft, and creativity that planning a wedding requires. "