Jan Gerd

“Humans are always slightly lost. It's a basic characteristic.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“When are your hunches ever wrong?’ says Ron.

‘Actually, quite often,’ says Joyce. ‘She just says them with confidence. She’s like a consultant.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club / The Man Who Died Twice

“I admit to not being an aficionado of children, having been one and having found my cohort and myself generally despicable. Unlike many, I was not intent on reproducing myself, deliberately or accidentally, since one of myself was more than enough for me to handle.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“So I began to think maybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about as numb as a slave in a totalitarian state.”
― sylvia plath, The Bell Jar