When I think of Emily Dickinson, there’s not one particular poem of hers that jumps out, but I do have a very vivid image of an ill woman with giant eyes who wants to write about the sun exploding. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
Did you know that, pound for pound, the moose is the leanest ruminant on Earth? It’s true. Moose are very in tune with their natural surroundings. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
I think female solitude is a mental condition as well as a physical state. You can be married and a spinster. I think spinster is an identity every woman can claim, if she will… I feel like a lot of women, or a lot of feminists, joke about taking to the sea or living alone in a cottage as this kind of fun freedom. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
The Toast’s audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there’s not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don’t write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart. Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, ‘I’m amazing! Look at me!’ Daniel Mallory Ortberg Read Quote
