Mallory Ortberg People Quotations

Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.

Some people give gifts in order to bewilder, confuse, and manipulate their recipients.

"Not being virulently and overtly racist against black people" and "treating gay people like human beings" are necessary conditions of greatness.

Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are.

Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations.

No one is right when it comes to destination weddings. It's a big ask, requesting people take time off work and fly off to take a cruise just to see you get married.

Nothing good comes of reading other people's emails.

Enjoy your relationship with your boyfriend and don't worry about the people or situations you dream about. Once you wake up, they're over; let them go.

If you don't like potlucks, the solution to your problem is "don't go to potlucks," not "insist other people don't have them."

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

So many people choose silence after the immediate wake of a death out of fear of saying something out of turn or "bringing up bad memories" that bereaved people often feel forgotten.

I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.