Random Analogies
"I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't met Lauren yet. She's usually writing essays about how Citizen Kane is like Mean Girls in that they both support a hegemony of superiority through gossip and rumors. But like, we're here for the makeover options!"
The reference is to the newspapers in the film who publish may false stories just to alienate people they don't like. It's a nice parallel to American culture then and American culture now.
"You can have everything but don't let it control you. You have to know when to be satisfied. The human heart is like a snake that wants to swallow an elephant. When people have too much, they become greedy. When too little, they steal. Observe yourself. Don't worry about past lives; just work on the present. The more you worry, the more you add weight to your tail. It's like scratching your own wound. "
"The stomach is like a bag lined with muscle and glandular cells, and is the first place chewed food goes to after it has been chewed and swallowed. It produces acidic juices from its lining to start off the digestive process."
