My uterus hurts like
my heart.
—Jennifer Coleman
Received “counseling
voucher” as wedding gift.
—Jessika Blanton
Long-distance love.
Short-distance lust.
—Robin Boord
Starving artist lived
on love: broke.
—Kara Bernatowicz
I need a looser deadline, baby.
—Ryan Hagen
I wasn’t looking.
She found me.
—Hal Isaacson
He had nothing.
Gave me everything.
—Rebecca Woolf
Bad idea being wife
number four.
—MJ Miller
She said she was a he.
—Paul Morris
Three-word memoir: Paper. Pen.
Revenge.
—Lora Mitchell
Death, divorce,
heartbreak, cancer.
Chocolate helped.
—Linda Farbstein
My ex ended up
on Oprah.
—Michele Menzia
Everyone’s crazy except you
and me.
—Mark Frauenfelder
Let’s live on an island
together.
—Carla Sinclair
His fists loved me. He didn’t.
—Andrea Paloian
Bankrupt man
marries and
bankrupts me.
A threesome in
Portugal. Nothing
happened.
—Julia Slotnik Sturm
She broke my heart
by e-mail.
—Dan Rollman
Two marriages.
The wrong one died.
—Anne Hamilton
Ecstasy. Exquisite
pain. What’s the
difference?
—Adrian King
Stopped wanting Mr. Perfect,
found him.
—Bob Morris
Couldn’t count…
on him either.
—L. J. Williamson
Found fellow cliff-diver. Best risk ever.
—Piper Kerman
Love—an invitation
to climb trees?
—Joanne Harris
Second time around,
I got luckier.
—Joan Leibovich
Found true love
at a funeral.
—Ted Sutton
Engaged in Jerusalem.
Thank you, God.
—Lynn Harris
The couch is actually quite
comfortable.
—Beth Cato
Endurance is an
expression of love.
—Lee Woodruff
Our prison visitations
were surprisingly romantic.
—Larry Smith
Wedding day:
MIL bet we’d divorce.
Sorry, it was
the Paxil
talking.
—Sam Seder
Best family ever.
Thank you, Match.com!
—Alexa Young
I fixed him but broke myself.
—Amal Khairul
Girl loves, but boy loves boy.
—Sandra Jackson
I finally threw away his
toothbrush.
—Rachel Fershleiser
He was attracted
to crippled girls.
—Terri Wagener
We’ll break up
before this prints.
—Porochista Khakpour
It’s just a matter of luck.
—Ayelet Waldman
Call when you get
home safely.
—Crissa-Jean Chappell
I’m your one that got away.
—Mary Elizabeth Williams
In hindsight, I’d
still choose you.
—Natana Gill
It happened in a
graceless kiss.
—Caroline Sun
I told you it affects me.
—Carrie Kania
Cynical New Yorker
convinced of soulmate.
—Kate Hamill
Romantic comedies
screwed me for life.
—Daniela Medina
May
I
have
the
dance?
—Robert Hass
About the Editors
SMITH Magazine founding editor Larry Smith has worked as an editor at Men’s Journal, ESPN: The Magazine, and Might. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Popular Science, Salon, and many other places. Rachel Fershleiser is SMITH’s memoir editor and has written for the Village Voice, New York Press, Print, and National Post. Larry and Rachel edited the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. Both live in New York City.
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