Emily

“When I returned, she held out her hand to show me an elk vertebra as white as ivory. She said: “There are so many bones here. You just don’t see them until you sit still.”
― Bryce Andrews, Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West

“O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note,
to drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears.”
― William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

“14, 15 Because”
― William Davis, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

“It’s for survival. You need to be prepared for novel experiences because often they signal danger. If you live in a jungle full of fragrant flowers, you have to stop being so overwhelmed by the lovely smell because otherwise you couldn’t smell a predator. That’s why your brain is considered a discounting mechanism. It’s literally a matter of survival.” “That’s cool.”
― Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette