Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes Quotes

“Ever since I turned twenty-five, the top three conversations of my life have been: 1) career ups and downs, 2) figuring out who has Lactaid, and 3) when am I going to be a mother, which has probably moved into the top spot since my boyfriend and I started dating.”
― Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

“The point is, as much as I try and fight it (and I’m not trying that hard, trust), not allowing anyone to sit on my bed in their outside clothes is a rule I live by, and is a defining part of my personality, it seems. And I think everyone is like that. We all have guiding principles that govern our lives in big ways and small that don’t always make sense to other people. Those guiding principles can become set in stone out of habit, or because something just resonates with you on a deep spiritual level and you don’t feel complete without it. Whatever the case may be, it means something to you, so you hold on to it. And potential petri dish concerns aside, this outside-clothes business is something that, no matter where I am when I express this mandate, makes me feel connected to my parents and all their lovable quirks. And like they’re in the room with me.”
― Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

“That’s right, a bitch cured his arachnophobia and rocked a glistening and healthy ’fro while quarantined. John Frieda salon could never.”
― Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

“a litany of old, crusty white dudes who are eleventy years old and worth two billion dollars, delivering the same tired advice that sounds great on a magnet or looks pretty written in calligraphy on social media—“Invest in yourself,” “Build a reliable network,” “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.” It’s perfectly serviceable yet absolutely surface-level information that’s devoid of specificity and insight into what it takes to run your own business or build an empire.”
― Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays

“Veuve Clicquot (how do you pronounce that brand because every time I make a go for it, I sound like Elizabeth Berkley saying “Versayce” in Showgirls)”
― Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays