Quitter Laments

Alex Balk
The Awl
Published in
1 min readJun 3, 2015

“Quitting smoking is the khakis of existence. Quitting smoking is the Chipotle on St. Marks Place. I am totally not cool. I may as well be someone’s stupid Brooklyn dad. My hair is its natural color. Most days I’m just wearing whatever. I do yoga endlessly. What am I now?”
— You ever notice how people who quit smoking think it’s the most fascinating thing in the world?

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