Happy Hour

by Marlowe Granados

You should always keep old friends happy because they know more about you than you’d like.

Loyalty has manifested itself as violence throughout history,

There is only one rule when we get dressed: if it makes you feel good and there’s a pinch of fear that while in public someone may throw a comment your way or think it’s too much, wear it.

Crazy things are always happening to her, and she never knows how or why.

Something about retreating to a washroom always provides a comfort. I have given and received plenty of advice in washrooms. It’s always the right place to have a summit.

I feel as though becoming a woman is like a long tradition of going through things and coming out strong, but I am tired and weary!

I was happy I made an impression because when you are not looking to make one and do, it shows real magnetism.

I certainly wasn’t interested in finding out who sent the dress because one must really count their blessings when they have an anonymous donor.

Sometimes Gala and I find ourselves sitting in silence, not for the lack of things to say but because the gift of content silence with someone other than yourself is to be relished. In fact, it is luxurious.

Alice exemplifies the problem of taking yourself so seriously that you lose your sense of humour.

Lucian teased Jeffrey, saying his type is “someone who will take care of him,” and I said, “Whose isn’t?”

It’s much easier to seem silly and light than to be the sum of your experiences.

The carpet was patterned with white, tangled hexagons against a royalblue background, conforming to an unwritten rule that all hotel carpets must be awful.

Boys are always hanging around in groups, making girls uncomfortable.

Sometimes you take for granted the way the summer sun sets after eight.

We are conditioned to be obsessed with people falling in love with us. Reaching that point is seen as a success. We’re always asking, ‘Why do they act this way?’ and then morphing, cooing, comforting. By the time you win them over, you don’t know how to really love them in return because we never ask ourselves enough about what we want. Don’t ever forget you have the ability to choose. Never wait to be chosen by someone who came ready to treat you right. I know it may not seem this way in art and literature, but we are not mere vessels for love and admiration. If I said yes to every proposition I was given just because I was flattered by it, well!” What she means is have an idea of what you want and never get talked out of it. I am slowly learning to never accept less than I deserve. Deciding how much I deserve is another matter.

She measures happiness and success by the number of vacations someone takes.

I simply wasn’t interested in being friends with him without a clause of desire.

All I want is to be treated right and to have pleasure. It doesn’t have to be so serious.

It is interesting to note that many people believe getting someone to treat you with respect is an achievement.

Sometimes the most irritating situations stay with you because of the nothingness of them, how there was so much potential and yet nothing came of it.

The less time spent in public, the safer girls feel. That’s not incidental; the world was built that way.

There is true pleasure in fabrics, shapes, pleats, and folds. People think it is frivolous, but feminine things are often thought of that way; it is an important kind of knowledge that is overlooked. In many cases, it is the first mode of expression women have access to.

Rage is funny because letting it out leaves you feeling more powerless than you were to start with.

Sometimes when you think of a friendship, you wonder how it ever started and what keeps it together. Today, I couldn’t think of any reason but Memories.

Grief doesn’t always start with death. It can come before that, and once it starts, there is no end in sight.

My mama wanted me to experience things and go out into the world like she did.

When a man thinks he’s above social mores, he is to be avoided at all costs. Such men have no appreciation for beauty, art, or intelligence. They only desire conquering, and when they can enact that in even small amounts, it is not advisable to be around.