“I yearn to be a woman of more depth, but I'm not so fond of the path I'd need to follow to get there.”

Source: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?

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