Kim Quindlen

Your parents make you guys pose for the Christmas card picture, and all hell breaks loose.

What else can I eat to help me temporarily forget where I am?

You can remember their voice, but it sounds more like an echo of a memory as opposed to a real person, carrying on with their life.

I will be kind to myself about my body.

Excitement is supposed to go away.

Instead of calling each other’s ex’s by name, you use references like “Don Draper Wannabe” or “Hipster Beard.”

“E-readers” are not a discussion topic we’re interested in.

You unintentionally trust someone a little less when they tell you they’ve never eaten Chipotle.

You have a hard time not thinking of most people you encounter as “basic.”

The ultimate end result of achieving physical perfection is apparently being married to Kanye West… so it’s pretty much the opposite of worth it.

According to the character intros in the Full House theme song, typical hobbies for San Francisco dwellers include feeding sandwiches to dogs, waxing cars that you don’t own, and hanging portraits of yourself on the family mantle.

Getting up more than 15 minutes before you have to leave the house.