Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the other bones you have that aren't broken.
Mallory OrtbergMany fathers go their entire lives without announcing how sexy their son's old girlfriends are.
Mallory OrtbergYou can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.
Mallory OrtbergThere's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child, no matter how much you think it would be better for him to move out.
Mallory OrtbergI don't think unfriending your old crush on Facebook will do much other than remove him from your Facebook feed. Don't beat yourself up over what you dream about; there are a lot worse things that could slip across the transom of your unconscious mind than an old high school crush who was always nice to you.
Mallory Ortberg