Charles P. Kirchofer

“I had an unbearable urge to relieve myself. “The urge will surely pass,” I thought, but then came the cramps. We were nearly abreast of the boats—I had two alternatives: to leave the wheel and dash below, which was unthinkable in the narrow cut; or to go in my shorts. Then I spotted Kayla’s litterbox in the corner of the cockpit. I quickly grabbed it, and, to the utter horror of the sunbathers on the nearby boats, I found relief. From that moment on Kayla worshipped me.”
― John Kretschmer, Cape Horn to Starboard

“It wasn’t a foul mood, it was the privilege that age had bought her, to dispense with the lie of politeness.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“diversity cannot be the basis for identity in and of itself; it is like saying that our identity is to have no identity; or rather, that we should get used to our having nothing in common and emphasize our narrow ethnic or racial identities instead.”
― Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

“The problem, however, was not with the idea of national identity itself; the problem was the narrow, ethnically based, intolerant, aggressive, and deeply illiberal form that national identity took.”
― Francis Fukuyama, Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment