This is from The True Confessions of a Toriphile by Irin Carmon, a college-age journalist. Something random I read today, which seems to say a lot to me, and hopefully, many of this journal’s readers, about our jagged attempts at starting our lives:

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(Tori) stood up. “I want to read what you’re writing in 10 years. I want to read what you’re writing now! You must be so excited, just starting out and starting college at the same time.” She leaned in, daintily planting a kiss on each of my cheeks. “Good luck with everything. It’s going to be fantastic. There’ll be down days–believe me, I’ve had them–but they’re just–they’re just salt!”

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They are, but you need to taste it to believe it.

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Copyright © 2002 Kenny Mah Ying Fye.