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Quote by Sloane Crosley
In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as

In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-workers party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image. – Sloane Crosley

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The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because its a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled, life-or-death situation and their fundamental behaviours are exposed, the scrim is taken away and the motivations behind each personality come out to play. – Sloane Crosley

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Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics. – Sloane Crosley

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I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend youre not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture. – Sloane Crosley

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