Shawn

“ ‘Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.” Simon turned to look in his husband’s eyes. “Before I met you, I felt this constantly. I felt it with my family, my friends, and every boyfriend I ever had. I felt it so often that I thought this was the nature of living. To be alive was to accept that you were fundamentally alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“If Marx at twenty-two had a problem, it was that he was attracted to too many things and people. Marx’s favorite adjective was “interesting.” The world seemed filled with interesting books to read, interesting plays and movies to see, interesting games to play, interesting food to taste, and interesting people to have sex with and sometimes even to fall in love with. To Marx, it seemed foolish not to love as many things as you could.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“The rise of independently practicing non-physician practitioners has everything to do with money, politics, and control—and nothing to do with better patient care.”
― Niran Al-Agba, Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare

“I’ve been driving around in silence like a serial killer because every song that comes on feels like a bad omen, either too sad or too optimistic.”
― Rachel Harrison, Cackle