"She sends the definition to me."

        "He talks about me in third person."


conversations: between past lovers in third person;

10.10.16

"It's Ramiro's, but I call it Regretta's because I regret it the next day."


conversations: about eating under the influence;

9.25.16

"Take a deep breath and maybe have a glass of wine tonight."


conversations: advice from my father;

7.25.16

"If it's too hipster to be true, then it probably is."


conversations: about the hipster movement;

5.22.16

"Time lets you waste time."


conversations: with my Poetry professor;

5.5.16

"Turning lemonade into lemons."


conversations: about men;

4.24.16

"Ambiguity is really in right now."


conversations: about life plans;

4.20.16

"If you were to write a life story, which people would be characters and which people would be extras?"


conversations; about people in our lives;

11.28.15

"You are what you do."


conversations: about who we are;

10.26.15

"You have to spend your whole life learning how to think about reality, but instead of using math and physics, you're using consciousness."


conversations: with my Theology professor;

10.19.15

"Can you ever go nowhere?"


conversations: with my Theology professor;

9.21.15

"You got to choose which mountain you want to climb. And you will run up that mountain quick."


conversations: with my father after moving to college;

9.7.15

"We're living in a myth of half-truths."


conversations: with my Theology professor;

9.2.15

"How many people go through their lives without thinking about it?"


conversations: with my Theology professor;

9.2.15


"I have to put on sunscreen and she just gets more beautiful."


conversations: with a father comparing himself to his daughter;

9.2.15

"You should just quit your job and have nothing going for you."


conversations: with sarcastic advice;

6.26.15

"They left you all alone out here? A pretty girl like you?"

    "It's okay."


conversations: with the waitress about eating alone;

6.22.15

"I'm attracted to people's souls."


conversations: about people beneath the surface;

5.18.15

"Oh, my six-year-old Picasso."


conversations: with grandparents and grandchildren; 

4.26.15

"Never go into a woman's purse."


conversations: about the lines a man cannot cross;

4.1.15

"Well if you want to call me sensitive, that's fine. Let me find my shoes."


conversations: with my "sensitive" little brother;

3.30.15

"I don't know if I want to laugh or if I want to cry, but I want to laugh."


conversations: with conflicting emotions;

3.29.15

"Your life is spent in traffic."


conversations: about the 405 freeway;

3.17.15


"They think I'm magic."


conversations: about customers;

3.10.15


"Either way, if it's a girl or a gun, it's in charge."


conversations: with my Creative Writing professor;

3.4.15

"I'm ready to snap and climb a water tower."


conversations: with my Creative Writing professor;

3.2.15

"I still want to hold onto the idea that this is somewhat magical, not a formula."


conversations: with my Creative Writing professor;

2.25.15

"I'm looking for the perfect brush."

    "It's so hard to find the one."


conversations: about paint brushes;

2.14.15

  

"Is anything always the case?"


conversations: with my Creative Writing professor;

1.21.15

"Anything you can imagine exists somewhere."


conversations: with my Zoology professor;

1.20.15


"I love you, dad. I just wish I knew how that made sense."


conversations: between my little brother and father;

1.12.15

"You and your home remedies."


conversations: to get rid of the hiccups;

1.12.15

"Sorry, we are on time."


conversations: with early students;

1.12.15

"I fear commitment. I don't even buy green bananas."


conversations: with my Creative Writing professor;

1.12.15 

"You just gave me this look like everything is going to be okay. I believe it."


conversations: about a look;

12.30.14

"You realize your parents are just people."


conversations: about growing up;

12.28.14

"Now I see three dots, which means you've killed someone."

     "You've killed someone?"

"Metaphorically speaking."

    "Who?"

"My ex-girlfriend."

    "Well, that's a downer."

"With a vinyl. It was a good vinyl though. She died happy listening to the Beatles."


conversations: with a filmmaker;

12.26.14

"Imagine if you were that tree."


conversations: with a filmmaker;

12.26.14

"Finally, that makeup is off. You look more beautiful."


conversations: about natural beauty;

12.22.14

"Sometimes you need the grease."


conversations: about food;

12.22.14

"Life is short, time goes by fast, Christmas is after Christmas, and before you know it, you are 55." 


conversations: about time;

12.21.14

"You've got a mistake on your head."


conversations: about fashion;

12.20.14

 

"How drunk are you?"

    "January 3rd."


conversations: under the influence;

12.20.14

"I think that's why I'm writing so much, because I am feeling something I never thought I'd feel about something I never thought I'd feel."


conversations: about letting go;

12.20.14

"How happy are you with your life from one-to-ten?"
    "That's actually a really hard question... I guess a six." 
"What would make it a ten?"

   

conversations: at a party;

12.20.14

"Who took my zen?"


conversations: with a barista;

12.18.14

"You don't like nice.
You like good, or great, or wow.
Only took me two nice's to figure that one out."


conversations: about word choice;

12.14.14

"Let me know how it goes."
    "It went."


conversations: about writing;

12.14.14

"Even if it wasn't my fault,
I would want to know why not.
And if it was my fault, how would they know?"


conversations: about making mistakes;

12.14.14

"You don't like bliss?"
    "I'd rather have the truth than have bliss."


conversations: about reality;

12.13.14

"Cause I know how to hold on better than I know how to let go."


conversations: about letting go;

12.13.14

"Because you seem like you know what the fuck
you're doing."


conversations: about growing up;

12.12.14

"Do you ever get tired of touching money?"


conversations: between banker & bank teller;

12.9.14

"Ariel, I don't appreciate you trying to dump
my coffee... I finally get a cup of coffee, and you
try to dump it. 
    "What's wrong?"
"I don't appreciate you almost dumping my
coffee."
    "Coffee makes you grumpy."


conversations: between mother & daughter;

11.2.14


"If you separate now, 
the chances of finding your way back to each other
are the chances you have
of winning the lottery."


conversations: with a filmmaker;

10.17.14


“Do you know me better than everybody else?”
    “Maybe.”
“Maybe?”
    “I think so.”
“Do I know you better than everybody else?”
    “Maybe.”
“Maybe?”
    “I think so.”


conversations: between former lovers;

date unknown.

"You know how to breathe."
    "You know how to feel."


conversations: between former lovers;

11.2.13

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