I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.
Sloane CrosleyA human being can spend only so much time outside her comfort zone before she realizes she is still tethered to it.
Sloane CrosleyI don't do emoticons unless I'm making a big deal out of them. I'll type out, 'This is so amusing it makes me want to grin in pixels.' And then do it.
Sloane CrosleyWhen you spin a globe and point to a city and actually go to that city, you build an allowance of missed opportunities on the back end.
Sloane CrosleyBecause, ten-year-olds of the world, you shouldn't believe what your teachers tell you about the beauty and specialness and uniqueness of you. Or, believe it, little snowflake, but know it won't make a bit of difference until after puberty. It's Newton's lost law: anything that makes you unique later will get your chocolate milk stolen and your eye blackened as a kid. Won't it, Sebastian? Oh, yes, it will, my little Mandarin Chinese-learning, Poe-reciting, high-top-wearing friend. God bless you, wherever you are.
Sloane Crosley