Casey Auch

“If the institution of marriage really is failing, maybe it’s because it is no longer the only—or even the best—model for how to make a happy life.”
― Mandy Len Catron, How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays

“Use the apple test

"If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry.”
― Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

“Traister points out that our assumptions about single women are often guided by “an unconscious conviction that, if a woman is not wed, it’s not because she’s made a set of active choices, but rather that she has not been selected—chosen, desired, valued enough.” But these assumptions are misguided. She points out that while there are some drawbacks to a single life, there are just as many ways to be lonely, unhappy, disappointed, or bored within a marriage. For many women, a life of independence and autonomy is at least as rewarding as marriage.”
― Mandy Len Catron, How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays

“A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.”
― Katrina Mayer