5 Quotes & Sayings By Tess Callahan

Tess Callahan is the author of the best-selling, New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, The Princess and the Ponytail, which became a movie starring America Ferrera and Mena Suvari in 2007. Her book, The Secret Lives of Wives: Stories from the Lives of Wives and Mothers is available in paperback and digital formats. Tess's other books include Lying with Your Body: A Book About Women's Bodies, Shame and Sex; The Naked Truth: A Book About Adolescent Girls; and Lust & Wonder: Intimacy in the Age of Infidelity. She is also a columnist for Cosmopolitan Magazine Read more

Tess has been published in Glamour, Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Redbook, Self, Curve, and many other magazines. She was also a contributing editor for SmartSex: The New Guide To Intimacy for Women.

All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush...
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All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green. Tess Callahan
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Infatuation burns itself out, ' she says. 'Friendship mixed with old chemistry--that can last a lifetime. Tess Callahan
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It's like this, " Nana says. "All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green. Tess Callahan
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This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it's a fucked-up way, like a rat in a maze. We all want the same thing. We all have this hole. The thing you want offers relief, but it's a trap. Tess Callahan