Laura Block

“I wondered if those tourists saw the truth of an abandoned place. That it was fuller than a mall, more bustling than an old freeway. Because the Earth didn’t stutter. It moved ahead, smooth and elegant, and uncoiled its fingers into every last place, hooking nails under crook and groove. Now so much of the country was abandoned, and we had never lived in a more crowded space.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars

“Yes, in the richest nation on Earth, health care and education should be a human right available to everyone. Yes, we must combat the existential threat of climate change. No, 800,000 Americans should not be homeless.”
― Bernie Sanders, Fight Oligarchy

“No matter how baby-proof you make your home, they will miraculously find a piece of barbed wire or a chainsaw from somewhere and play with”
― Adam Kay, Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You

“What’s it like?’ ‘Depression?’ I nod, too full of the moment for words, too fearful of what I’m about to find out. ‘It’s like being underwater while the rest of the world rushes by.”
― Clare Leslie Hall, Days You Were Mine