I’ll Show Myself Out, by Jessi Klein

“The paradox of being busy writing is that so much of writing feels dangerously similar to doing nothing. I stir and stare and, usually, […] sink into a low-grade (but sometimes high-grade) depression.” – pg. 2

“Homesickness isn’t about houses; it’s about that elusive sense of something else.” – pg. 76

“Most of our own dreams are so dull that we forget them ourselves.” – pg. 111

“All I want in life is for no one to be lonely.” – pg. 121

“Sometimes we are too close. Sometimes our creativity, our relationship, our book, our project, thing thing we are working so hard on, needs space from us. […] The truth is, there will be times where you actually must step away from what you love in order to love it right, when your absence might be more helpful than your presence.” – pg. 166