Jaycee Costley

“Here's what they don't tell you about climbing mountains: almost everyone who dies, dies on the way down. The summit, as much as you want it, is only the halfway point. And night will be here soon, and there will be no way to go but down, and you will be so tired.
Will you fall in plain sight, a monument to those who come after you?
Will you vanish into the darkest depths, never to be seen again?”
― ND Stevenson, The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures

“It is not American Jews who have betrayed their Israeli cousins. It is the Netanyahu-led Israeli government that has betrayed Jews outside Israel, by aligning itself with nationalist parties in countries like Poland and Hungary, who are hostile to the ideals that make it possible for Jews in the diaspora to live free of persecution.”
― Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

“There is, among the public, a perennial urge to believe the worst about the generation that will eventually replace them.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House

“It’s the small favors we do for ourselves that we’ll remember when we’re older. A little pampering, insurance against the unknowable tides of the future, maybe.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House