I was twenty-one when I was hired by Planned Parenthood. It was my first work experience outside of either temping or working for my father at his store.
Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. … - Jessa Crispin
Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. …
- Jessa Crispin
Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it." - Jessa Crispin
Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it."
You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to… - Jessa Crispin
You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to…
I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is built to make people … - Jessa Crispin
I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is built to make people …
I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to be less of that. - Jessa Crispin
I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to be less of that.
American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away. - Jessa Crispin
American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away.
Go to a place and just send out emails. That's my entire life. I go to countries and I ask, "Who would I know who lives here?" Not even do I know, bu… - Jessa Crispin
Go to a place and just send out emails. That's my entire life. I go to countries and I ask, "Who would I know who lives here?" Not even do I know, bu…
A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse… - Jessa Crispin
A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse…
I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction. - Jessa Crispin
I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction.
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