Please Like Me Quotes

“The problem was I didn’t want just anyone’s company. I wanted the company of funny, smart, like-minded people. That’s when I realized something about myself: I would rather be lonely than bored.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“So my second realization was that I would rather be lonely than be friends with non-friends. Losing friends is hard, but losing fake friends, as it turns out, is pretty damn easy.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“I enter the party with my heart racing, scrambling to find the nearest bar, and ultimately wind up talking for hours to the teenage daughters of the host, who love The Office. After answering all the girls' questions about John Krasinski, I say I need to use the restroom, secretly exit through the back, and sprint to my car, never to be heard from again.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“People who know I have social anxiety like to say things like: “You may not want to go out, but you should just force yourself. You’ll be glad you did!” That is a lie.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“Why is it that chatting with friends is energizing, but making small talk with acquaintances takes such monumental effort?”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“I would rather be lonely than bored.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“It was perfectly me: pleasant enough, and then receding from immediate concern.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“Why is it that chatting with friends is energizing, but making small talk with acquaintances takes such monumental effort? And you know what’s even worse than engaging in small talk? Ending a conversation. I can’t bring myself to do the normal thing and say, “Well, cool talking to you, I’m going to go mingle now.” I’m so worried I will mortally offend someone with the mere suggestion that I think our conversation has come to its natural conclusion. So I end up engaging in these lengthy conversations where I just keep talking and talking—often not even aware of what I’m saying—until the person I’m talking to thinks I’m obsessed with them and excuses themselves”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“sexy tapestries?”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“Losing friends is hard, but losing fake friends, as it turns out, is pretty damn easy.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“My barometer for making friends is that you can’t get to know someone by hearing about everything they like—you need to hear about what they don’t like. It’s only when you are willing to go out on a limb by admitting you’re not a fan of something that you’re vulnerable enough to earn my trust.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“. It was perfectly me: pleasant enough, and then receding from immediate concern.”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me

“Catastrophizing is my general approach to all social events: how, when, and why it will implode are the first things I think about”
― Mindy Kaling, Please Like Me