Everything is Horrible and Wonderful, by Stephanie Wittels Wachs

“There are so few people that you meet in life that give you that feeling that you’ve found a real unique, original person.” – Aziz Ansari, pg. viii

“Most jokes when read by ‘comedy people’ don’t get a laugh per se. You just read it and go, ‘Oh that’s funny’ and you understand it would get a laugh.” – Aziz Ansari, pg. xii

“Tragedy always strikes on a beautiful day.” – pg. 3

“We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out.” – Harris Wittels, pg. 142

“It’s not that I don’t want to feel the feelings. I don’t mind the feelings. I welcome them, in fact. I just don’t have anything left to say about them.” – pg. 162

“The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.” – pg. 203

“I think we’re all just doing our best to survive the inevitable pain and suffering that walks alongside us through life.” – pg. 223

“I’m becoming someone else. I’m becoming a person I don’t yet know.” -pg. 223

“No one ever knows what to say about anything.” – pg. 236

“I think about the day a person dies, how the morning is just a morning, a meal is just a meal, a song is just a song. It’s not the last morning, or the last meal, or the last song. It’s all very ordinary, and then it’s all very over. The space between life and death is a moment. […] I am forever changed by something that happened to you in a moment.” – pg. 246

“Because when someone you love with all your being suddenly drops dead, it’s a reminder of a few things: 1. We aren’t in control, 2. Time is running out, [and] 3. Nothing matters.” – pg. 255

“I’ve gotten to the point where the good days outweigh the bad, and that’s something.” – pg. 260

“We have a bucket in our hearts, and the people you love and who love you fill up your bucket.” – pg. 264