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“There are various magazines and newspapers that I sometimes buy, but reading them usually gives me an unspecified sense of guilt. A feeling that there’s something I haven’t done, something I’ve forgotten, that I’m not up to the demands of the task, that in some essential way I’m lagging behind the rest.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

“Art changes the opinion of the masses, as much as science does.”
― Sheila Heti, Alphabetical Diaries

“Ultimately, as I tell my students, this isn’t just one way to make decisions. It is the correct way.”
― Emily Oster, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know

“Without any thought but with religious zeal, young people believe in statistics.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead