Jill A. Davis Archive

"As for right now, I'm lost. A map, any map, would be greatly appreciated. I'm not the first lost person to feel this way. Lost people just want a way out; they'll follow any foolish trail." - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"'It's the only real advantage to getting older. You get to say what you mean and stop apologizing.'" - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"Everyone's always concentrating on first love. No one seems to care much about second love. Or third. Or fourth love. First love, that's the one that's always celebrated and documented like it never happened before to anyone, anywhere. It's like the firstborn: you take a million photographs of the kid, and then the other ones come along and it's like you can't be bothered to take the lens cap off." - Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis

"of course, there is safety in numbers... you can never really focus on one person if you surround yourself with the masses." - Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis

"There is some freedom in writing a letter you know no one will answer. Some torture and regret, too, of course." - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"who needs a map when there's only one passable road to the future? When you're headed in the only direction that makes any sense at all to you? You don't need a map to find your home." - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"So I didn't break up with him. and that got him all optimistic, because he really started believing we were going to get married, mainly because when he'd say, 'do you think we're going to get married?' I'd say, 'oh, definitely.' I'm so bad like that. I mean, I can't help it. I just hate letting people down. Besides, I knew he just wanted me to stay because I was leaving." - Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis

"A temporary thing requiring no stressful tests to see how my past might repeat itself in my future with him." - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"Second chances do come your way. Like trains, they arrive and depart regularly. Recognizing the ones that matter is the trick." - Ask Again Later by Jill A. Davis

"'why do i get this feeling if i weren't here, you'd be having this exact same conversation with yourself?'" Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis