Violet Wily

“I am thoughtful-- full of thoughts, all the time, inescapably, exhaustingly.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“And everything is vulnerable to harm, one way or another. Everybody is vulnerable. It’s kind of horrible when you think about it. All that breakage, without so much as an intention behind it half the time. All that tantalizing fragility.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Jack

“I sometimes think the lord might enjoy a few lines of poetry.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Jack

“I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet