“I just am a person who loves houses. In a way, it's dovetailed into one of the themes of The Unspeakable: Why do you have to change? Why don't you just accept that this is how you are? Why do you have to grow from an experience?” WayPersonsHouseGrowsAcceptingThemeUnspeakable Author:Meghan Daum
“What amazes me is when I see people in their twenties who have families or live a life that seems of a much older person. But that's such a demographic, a socio-economic, cultural, class thing.” PeoplePersonsSeemsClassEconomicTwentiesDemographics Author:Meghan Daum
“In New York the stakes are so high. In urban centers the stakes are so high. You marry the wrong person, you go to the wrong college, you take the wrong job. Any of these things could really get you in trouble down the road. Or in your mind anyway. You're afraid to make any move, it's paralyzing.” MindPersonsJobsMovingTroubleNew YorkCollegeStakesUrbanDown The RoadWrong PersonWrong Job Author:Meghan Daum
“I don't understand why it's more socially acceptable to say that you are a shallow person than to just say this is not something you want to do. Especially because it's a really hard job. It's a really important job. And why the hell should you do a really hard, important job that you don't want to do? That has extremely high stakes? That just blows my mind.” WantShouldMindPersonsImportantHardJobsHellBlowStakesAcceptableShallowImportant JobsShallow Person Author:Meghan Daum
