McKenna

“It’s remarkable what people become blind to when they’re in such darkness.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“I like the look of a collaged girl, a girl with mismatched limbs and words written on her body, glitter nail polish painted over her pores. She’s unnatural and a little disturbing, sure, but she’s sparkling, and she’s with her sisters.”
― Emmeline Clein, Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm

“In the richest country on earth, nobody—whether they work or have a disability or struggle with addiction or mental health challenges—should be deprived of stable shelter. Mass homelessness arose recently within our lifetimes. It’s worth reminding ourselves of this fact, because if it hasn’t always been like this, then a different kind of future is possible.”
― Brian Goldstone, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

“The real struggle...is about you: you, a person who has to learn to live in the real world, to inhabit her own skin, to know her own heart, to stop waiting for her life to begin.”
― Caroline Knapp, Appetites: Why Women Want