A child with selective mutism may be outgoing at home and never warm to strangers.
— Catherine Saint Louis, “Coaxing Children With Selective Mutism to Find Their Voices,” The New York Times
Rich people give away bad halloween candy.
— Tracy, Mistress America
She was an American girl raised on promises.
— Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “American Girl”
Mango spring rolls
Blue taped Xs over doors
In solitude you don’t need to make an impression on the world, so the world has some opportunity to make an impression on you.
— Claire-Louise Bennett, “Claire-Louise Bennett on writing Pond,” The Irish Times
Why?
— Jason
Not another crazy teenage life.
— “Another Schoolday,” The Hollywood Brats
He has all the vocabulary of a considerate person.
— Lily
Ceiling tile.
— David Foster Wallace, The End Of The Tour
The red tide rises.
— Kenny
You just had to go with the 4x4!
— Jeremy Renner, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
See I’m running off food right now. But soon it’ll burn away; I’ll be a wick without wax.
— Lily
So you can make us little dioramas?
— Someone in editorial
Walk
Ask me once a day not once an hour.
— Jason
If you love a car for the road trips.
— Watsky, “Sloppy Seconds,” Cardboard Castles
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb…
— Mason
And you better bet I’m living every single day like it’s the motherfucking Catalina Wine Mixer.
— Watsky, “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa,” Watsky
The life that drove me to make pen pals and to take atlases home from school.
— Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao