“Pretend to be something you’re not until you are—fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them.”

“Miss someone until they come back, or until you come back, until their absence in your life becomes something to be avoided at all costs. Miss them until you don’t have to anymore, until you’re reunited in your favorite booth in your favorite restaurant ordering your favorite meal, miss them until it feels like you never left. Or miss them until you can’t anymore, until the things you miss are identified and cataloged as things and not a person, until you figure out that easy company and long talks and unblinking, all-knowing eye contact will find you again the way they found you the first time. Miss someone until you don’t.”

“You can read until you’re blue in the face, but I’d recommend writing until you’re red in the face. And ass.”

“What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you’re faking.”

“The internet's a great way to meet people. You never really know someone until you see their fake profile.”

“Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.”