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Meghan Daum quotes: Not everyone in Santa Monica is a well-heeled, juice-cleansing, Prius-driving yogini, but for better or worse, that is the city's dominant chord.

Not everyone in Santa Monica is a well-heeled, juice-cleansing, Prius-driving yogini, but for better or worse, that is the city's dominant chord.

Meghan Daum quotes: Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing.

Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing.

Meghan Daum quotes: She didn't really want to have a baby; she wanted to want to have a baby.

She didn't really want to have a baby; she wanted to want to have a baby.

Meghan Daum quotes: Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs.

Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs.

Meghan Daum quotes: Non-fiction about personal subjects is going to attract more user comments than a foreign correspondent writing from Syria - unfortunately.

Non-fiction about personal subjects is going to attract more user comments than a foreign correspondent writing from Syria - unfortunately.

Meghan Daum quotes: It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.

It's not that I don't get on bandwagons; I just climb aboard only after most of the band has packed up and left for the next gig.

Meghan Daum quotes: If the desire to have children is just a way to build some noisy tribe of distraction around oneself, then I'd rather be alone.

If the desire to have children is just a way to build some noisy tribe of distraction around oneself, then I'd rather be alone.

Meghan Daum quotes: Novelty has a way of intensifying memory. The less often you do something, the deeper the memory burrows in.

Novelty has a way of intensifying memory. The less often you do something, the deeper the memory burrows in.

Meghan Daum quotes: We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

Meghan Daum quotes: For my part, if I'm working while flying, I'm often a bit relieved to be forced to shut down the computer on final descent. But I guess I'm a slacker.

For my part, if I'm working while flying, I'm often a bit relieved to be forced to shut down the computer on final descent. But I guess I'm a slacker.

Meghan Daum quotes: Almost nothing is more tedious than complaining about the weather.

Almost nothing is more tedious than complaining about the weather.

Meghan Daum quotes: When there's so much choice, it can get overwhelming and it's hard to make a choice.

When there's so much choice, it can get overwhelming and it's hard to make a choice.

Meghan Daum quotes: The path of least resistance has a lot going for it. The comfort zone isn't where you lose yourself. It's where you find yourself.

The path of least resistance has a lot going for it. The comfort zone isn't where you lose yourself. It's where you find yourself.

Meghan Daum quotes: This whole notion that it's somehow easy and simpler to live in the country is such a fallacy.

This whole notion that it's somehow easy and simpler to live in the country is such a fallacy.

Meghan Daum quotes: For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked.

For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked.

Meghan Daum quotes: Confessions are not processed or analysed; they're told in a moment of desperation to a priest or to somebody interrogating you about a crime.

Confessions are not processed or analysed; they're told in a moment of desperation to a priest or to somebody interrogating you about a crime.

Meghan Daum quotes: If anything, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy.

If anything, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy.

Meghan Daum quotes: I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

Meghan Daum quotes: My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions.

My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions.

Meghan Daum quotes: Self-righteousness, when you think about it, is a contra-indicator of self-esteem. It's what sets in when genuine righteousness eludes us.

Self-righteousness, when you think about it, is a contra-indicator of self-esteem. It's what sets in when genuine righteousness eludes us.

Meghan Daum quotes: Becoming a parent is always going to be a default setting. I truly believe there will always be more people who want to have children than who don't.

Becoming a parent is always going to be a default setting. I truly believe there will always be more people who want to have children than who don't.

Meghan Daum quotes: To have an old dog is to look into the eyes of the sweetest soul you know and see traces of the early light of the worst day of your

To have an old dog is to look into the eyes of the sweetest soul you know and see traces of the early light of the worst day of your life.

Meghan Daum quotes: I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.

I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.

Meghan Daum quotes: You don't realize how much a dog's presence defines the contours of your home until, in its absence, the walls seem to relocate themselves.

You don't realize how much a dog's presence defines the contours of your home until, in its absence, the walls seem to relocate themselves.

Meghan Daum quotes: I love the essay. It's my favorite genre to work in.

I love the essay. It's my favorite genre to work in.

Meghan Daum quotes: At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood.

At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood.

Meghan Daum quotes: Obviously, nobody chooses not to have kids because they'd rather sleep in late. It's a very visceral decision, and it's a complicated decision.

Obviously, nobody chooses not to have kids because they'd rather sleep in late. It's a very visceral decision, and it's a complicated decision.

Meghan Daum quotes: Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on.

Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on.

Meghan Daum quotes: I don't confess in my work because to me, that implies that you're dumping all your guilt and sins on the page and asking the reader to forgive you.

I don't confess in my work because to me, that implies that you're dumping all your guilt and sins on the page and asking the reader to forgive you.

Meghan Daum quotes: To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.

To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.

Meghan Daum quotes: In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.

In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.

Meghan Daum quotes: A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell.

A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell.

Meghan Daum quotes: It's about time we stop mistaking self-knowledge for self-absorption - and realize that nobody has a monopoly on selfishness.

It's about time we stop mistaking self-knowledge for self-absorption - and realize that nobody has a monopoly on selfishness.

Meghan Daum quotes: We're not handed situations based on our established likes and dislikes; we get what's available.

We're not handed situations based on our established likes and dislikes; we get what's available.

Meghan Daum quotes: I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

Meghan Daum quotes: Writers are the ones who figure out how to put their observations into words.

Writers are the ones who figure out how to put their observations into words.

Meghan Daum quotes: But a dog confers status on a man. It shows he is responsible and capable of love. It will probably even help him get laid.

But a dog confers status on a man. It shows he is responsible and capable of love. It will probably even help him get laid.

Meghan Daum quotes: Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.

Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.

Meghan Daum quotes: It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.

It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.

Meghan Daum quotes: I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.

I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.

Meghan Daum quotes: In a world of oversharing, we don't want to be unknown or unseen. We don't want to be left out.

In a world of oversharing, we don't want to be unknown or unseen. We don't want to be left out.

Meghan Daum quotes: I think whatever generation you're in has a nostalgia for the generations past and the generations you weren't in.

I think whatever generation you're in has a nostalgia for the generations past and the generations you weren't in.

Meghan Daum quotes: We don't want privacy so much as privacy settings.

We don't want privacy so much as privacy settings.

Meghan Daum quotes: The idea of loving someone no matter what they do is overrated, not to mention largely impossible.

The idea of loving someone no matter what they do is overrated, not to mention largely impossible.

Meghan Daum quotes: I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

Meghan Daum quotes: I work really hard not to have a kitsch tone to any of my work, particularly radio stuff, which sometimes goes in that direction on certain programs.

I work really hard not to have a kitsch tone to any of my work, particularly radio stuff, which sometimes goes in that direction on certain programs.