"Ndinadabwa kwambiri, ndikuphunzira kuti amafotokoza za nthawi yochepa yolankhulana nawo ngati buku. Momwe ndimakumbukira, anali wamkulu kwambiri kuposa ine ndipo ndimakhala wovuta kwambiri, ndipo panthawiyo sindinkamaliza sukulu yachikulire, "adamaliza kuyankhulana ndi Harper's BAAAR.
Natalie anazindikira kuti anali ndi zaka 18, ndipo ayi, monga MOBI analemba m'mafano. "Ine ndinali fanizo lake ndipo ndinapita ku konsati, pomwe ndinamaliza sukulu. Chiwonetserochi tidakumana, ndipo adandiuza kuti ndikhale abwenzi. Anali muulendowu, ndinayamba ndili ndi filimuyo, motero tinayenda kangapo. Worpan anati ndikadazindikira kuti akufuna. Wojambulayo adaimba mlandu wofalitsayo komanso woyimbayo chifukwa cha zonena zake ndipo adavomereza kuti adasokonezedwa ndi momwe Khalidweli lingalitse kugulitsa buku lake.
Woimbayo sanakhalebe ndi ngongole. Akaunti ya Instagram, adasindikiza chithunzi cholumikizira ndi mwana ndipo analemba kuti: "Posachedwa ndinawerenga nkhani yomwe Natalie Portdan sanakumanepo. Zinandichititsa manyazi chifukwa anali chibwenzi. Kudziwa mu 1999, tinali abwenzi kwa zaka zambiri. Ndimakonda Natalie, kumulemekeza maganizo ake, koma sindikumvetsa chifukwa chake amanyalanyaza chowonadi chokhudza amoyo wathu ali moyo, koma bukulo. Nkhani yofotokozedwa m'buku la "kenako china chilichonse chinagwa", chowona komanso chothandizidwa ndi zithunzi zambiri. "