Trust Exercise

by Susan Choi

We’ve all had this dream, Sarah thinks. The dream in which, to the world’s surprise and our own, we turn out to be best.

acting was truthful emotions in false circumstances.

in my experience people who drink never don’t when they find themselves with a nondrinker. In fact, they drink more. Nondrinkers make drinkers uncomfortable. The situation they’re afraid of—getting drunk in the presence of someone who’s sober—is exactly the one they create.

Therapy can seem like revision of memory. It can seem like you’re saving your life by destroying your story and writing a new one.

She dreaded to hear about David but longed to hear more about David’s devotion.

Girls are complicated. They rarely love each other without also hating each other.