What, for me, was exciting about America was just this extraordinary, complex, difficult, fascinating country, and Britain can feel very small. London, in particular, feels small because everything happens there, so you have publishing, politics, you have finance; everything in Britain happens in London. Joanna Coles Read Quote
One of the things about being online is it’s hard to forget people, so it’s very easy to stalk an ex, it’s very easy to follow what people are doing. It’s almost impossible to forget them. Joanna Coles Read Quote
People don’t really talk about falling in love anymore. And yet falling in love is the great engine that drives all the best art – or falling out of love or being heartbroken – drives all the best books, drives all the best music, and yet we’ve sort of stopped talking about it. Joanna Coles Read Quote
It’s very easy to imagine someone online in a positive way, but it’s only when you sit down, with all five senses in play, that you can really tell, ‘Do I find this person attractive?’ Joanna Coles Read Quote
My favorite meal would be a big piece of steak with salad and then Brussels sprouts and Jerusalem artichokes. Joanna Coles Read Quote
In the same way you pick idly at chips, promising this is literally your last one, you may be in a relationship that you know isn’t going anywhere, but you’re hungry for love, and it feels less frightening than nothing. Joanna Coles Read Quote
When you have a lot of communication online before you go out with someone, it builds up a false sense of who the person is. There’s a tendency to fill in the blanks with positive information. Joanna Coles Read Quote
The thing that I always try and say to young people starting out is your peer group is really the most important influence on your life because you are going to rise and fall together. Joanna Coles Read Quote
