Kristine

“I was still here, still living. But was I just existing out of habit?”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“He now lived in a country riven by the same tribalism and hatreds that haunted lesser nations. He had always seen American democracy as a giant oak tree, with roots that went more than two hundred years deep. But it turned out the roots were shallow, held in place by custom and good manners, and all it took to lay them bare was one man who refused to play by the rules of civility and democracy.”
― Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures

“I wondered how long it would be until that look of wonderment in their eyes dulled and their curiosity stopped burning. When living became a habit rather than a privilege and the years ticked by unnoticed.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“And instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring a simpler truth: We are here.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover