“Research shows humans are experts at misremembering the past to fit their own narrative—it’s even common for our brains to create false memories.”— Jessica A, psiloveyou.xyz
“Critique comes with being an author — and critique about personal writing can feel particularly weaponized, since that writing is fundamentally intimate and revealing. But you also have the option of not putting yourself through all this, again and again.”— Scaachi Koul, buzzfeednews.com
“I am mortified with my behavior, yet I find myself unable to stop.”— Anonymous, tribunecontentagency.com
“While men are predominantly browsing a woman’s pictures, videos, and interests, safety is top of mind for women, who tend to look at a man’s work history and signs of a criminal record.”— Philip Ellis, manrepeller.com
“There is nowhere I can't go, there is nowhere I won't find you.”— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Bane, Ian Bliss, imdb.com
“I have no idea what my ex is capable of, seeing as I never thought he would stalk me in the first place.”— Nana Baah, broadly.vice.com
“Stalking him on social media. Do it by all means but if he is talking about a childhood memory please don’t jump up with, ‘Oh yes I saw that picture on FB. You posted it in 2007, didn’t you?’”— Ainee Nizami, idiva.com
“You should never follow someone around or continuously make an effort to be where he is. First of all, it takes too much energy to physically stalk people (that’s what Facebook is for…kidding!), and you could spend that energy doing something productive; secondly, it makes you look really desperate.”— Nicole Akoukou Thompson, madamenoire.com
“Once I’m obsessed with somebody, I’m terrified of them instantly. I’m not scared of them—I’m scared of me and how I will react. Like, for instance, one time someone was introducing me to Bill Maher, and I saw Meryl Streep walk into the room, and I literally put my hand right in Bill Maher’s face and…”— Jennifer Lawrence, vanityfair.com
“If it’s a new relationship, PLEASE do not just show up anywhere because he mentioned to you that he’d be there. When you guys are new or not even really together, this makes you seem like a stage 5 crazy and then you’ll be back at zero because he’ll run like he’s being chased by something vicious th…”— Chelsey Lynn, thebolde.com
“We all know that social media stalking and looking up everything there is to know about him on Google is a bad idea, but repeating it to him (even accidentally) is worse. If he hasn’t said it with his mouth in front of you, it probably isn’t something you should bring up over dinner. It kind of make…”— Chelsey Lynn, thebolde.com
“You bump into your ex one day and he seems to know everything about your life (after the breakup): What you’re doing, who you’re seeing etc.”— Lisa Redfield, howtogetaguytowantyou.com
“Exes are going to run into each other, especially if they live in the same neighborhood or share the same social circle. But if you find that your ex is running into you a ridiculous amount of times — you see them at the grocery store, at your tai chi class, at the library, in your bedroom closet —…”— Michael Griswold, yourtango.com
“You can learn so much from a dude's Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts. And you don't have to take off your leopard-print Slippers by Snooki to do it. Thanks to relationship status updates and photos that chronicle the friends and lives of our peers, it's easier than ever to set your sights o…”— Hallie Gould, marieclaire.com
“I remember an era when you could get your nose sliced off for sticking it too far into another man's business. Now you can find out anything about anyone with the click of a button. There is no privacy and no consideration, and everyone is prying into things that aren't their affair. You can probabl…”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“If stalking you is thinking about you every night while I stroke my cock and cumming with the sweet name ‘Josephine’ on my lips, then yeah, I’ve been stalking. I’ve been stalking the fuck out of you since I moved back here.”— Alexa Riley, amazon.com
“Wherever you meet him, the gym, the library, or class, if you both frequent the same spots, you’re likely to run into each other again. This also means, if you hit it off one night, make sure to let him know you want to hang out again, since, (now we know!) the more you see each other, the more like…”— Heather Rinder, hercampus.com