Jess

“being a woman has meant being someone who gets talked over in conversations or ignored; someone who gets judged as a body instead of as a sentient soul; someone who, no matter who you are or what you are doing, always has to be on guard, lest someone else decide that you’re going to be his victim.”
― Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

“Other than light, love was the only element I could think of that evaded relativity—consistent regardless of intention, stable despite what came towards it, unchanged through turbulence. Though the circumstance surrounding love might change or eventually fade, the notion persisted, if only as a memory. Something we’d always known to be true.”
― Stephanie Catudal, Everything All at Once: A Memoir

“Whether you’re an elite or a first-timer, that’s the magic of marathoning, the recognition of your own potential that had been there all along.”
― Kara Goucher, The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

“Oh thank God. I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary