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A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.


Jenny Offill

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JENNY ZHANG I say looking on the bright side of life never killed anybody.
JENNY HAN They just take turns. It think it is almost a farce when they elect a president because they very ob...
JENNY AXLEROD She basically won the game for them; she stood on her head.
JENNY POTTER By embracing your subconscious, you gain a different way of seeing and experiencing—an expanded pe...
JENNY DAVIDOW There should be a concerted effort to remind people that what Libby and Rove were doing, if they are...
JENNY BACKUS If she's caught in a circular firing squad with her own army, you let that play out a little bit.
JENNY BACKUS Every morning, we get up and proclaim the good news: It's still too close to call!
JENNY BACKUS They're right across the street from the Republicans, I understand. It's a small town.
JENNY BACKUS His plan is going to needlessly risk the economic prosperity and jeopardize the future of Social Sec...
JENNY BACKUS Roberts wants to restrict the role of government. His early writings ... have really raised question...
JENNY BACKUS When Roberts' record on civil rights is reviewed inside the Judiciary Committee, it's going to sound...
JENNY BACKUS I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his...
JENNY DOWNHAM Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save li...
JENNY MCCARTHY I don't feel unlucky in love anymore, and it's not all emo. It's a scary place to be in ...
JENNY LEWIS She loves women too much. It's like a drug and she was hooked. Angelina loves danger and dabbling in...
JENNY SHIMIZU I'm not saying she sleeps with a lot of people. But I can't imagine her just being married and being...
JENNY SHIMIZU It seems like he comes from a different place. He wants to have kids and he wants to have a perfect ...
JENNY SHIMIZU I tried a few times, unsuccessfully, to lose weight. It wasn't until I joined Weight Watchers that I...
JENNY MCCARTHY I may be known as the girl who was sunbathing topless with a Prínce but Jordan is known as that thi...
JENNY FROST Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen.
JENNY HAN Having your book edited is like watching your cat being operated on. It's uncomfortable and some...
JENNY LAWSON I've always felt lonely, even if I'm in a great relationship or surrounded by my friends and...
JENNY LEWIS I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in ...
JENNY ECLAIR I’ve never gotten a love letter before. But reading these notes like this, one after the other, it...
JENNY HAN I think the summer is going to be very glamorous.
JENNY PACKHAM Do you know what it’s like to like someone so much you can’t stand it and know that they’ll ne...
JENNY HAN I think we were uptight for this game. I think we were nervous playing for a district title here in ...
JENNY WATERS Every song is different. Every song comes in a different way. Some songs will come in a day and some...
JENNY PHILLIPS People often think that people like me don't have ordinary lives. I have the greatest pleasure, ...
JENNY SHIPLEY Certainly, we all wonder what is beyond, and when you lose a loved one, I think part of the grieving...
JENNY LEWIS The situation is getting tighter every year,
JENNY THOMPSON The epiphany for me was that I wasn't a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I pu...
JENNY HOLZER It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.
JENNY HOLZER When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get...
JENNY HAN