Tom Morton

“Only about five percent of people have a real vocation in life, and they confuse the hell out of the rest of us.”
― Kim Malone Scott, Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

“I’m learning that when marginalized communities face racism or classism, high standards for cleanliness can be a way for a family to reassert their own dignity in the face of dehumanizing stereotypes about being lazy, unintelligent, or dirty. Loving families might insist that their home sparkle or their children’s clothes be spotless, not out of a perceived superiority, but as a way of protecting against discrimination.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“One day you’re a happy, whole person, and the next day you’re forced into the most horrible thing on earth: making decisions.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“If I woke in the night and heard footsteps in the hall, I would not immediately assume it was an ostrich. Why would I? Ostriches are things that happen to other people, far away, in countries more Serengeti-adjacent. If you want to tell me your saga of your encounter with an ostrich, I will listen appreciatively, but it’s just not something I worry about happening to me.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Feasts at Night