Tara Schuster

Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.
—Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

That which you do not deal with deals with you. Always.

There is an excellent line where Alexander Hamilton challenges Aaron Burr (who seems to have v. shape-shifting, wishy-washy principles): “If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?”

Life is not a series of crises to be endured. Life is to be enjoyed.

That is where you have all the power in the world. Try letting go of the notion that anyone is mistreating you on purpose, and stand back as you watch resentment and anger float away. It takes time, it takes practice, but it does work. As you clear away all of those feelings that were holding you down, that were telling you, “This horrible thing is being done TO ME,” watch as you find more room in yourself for love and compassion.

I’m done hoping for a different past and a better childhood. I can no sooner have those things than I can build a time machine. Now I’m getting to know my dad for the man he is.

Paris was exactly as I remembered it: a moody bitch.