Emily Grimm

“He held forth about political theory and about Marxism, maintaining that while there was a place for zealots in every revolution-unshakeable belief could carry a marginalized person very far indeed-each ideology held its share of fundamental flaws. For a radical thinker to exist successfully in the world he'd helped to change, he had to embrace the bitter compromises”
― Nathaniel Ian Miller, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

“Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“The Knit-Wits have been her friends for years, and sometimes she still feels as if she’s a mistaken jigsaw piece who found her way into the wrong puzzle.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“In our effort to become like him, we actually fall in to a sophisticated form of idolatry-we tend to make Jesus into a perfected version of our image and then strive to become like that. Nope. We will never be like Christ. Let's deny false self, worship him, and be free.”
― Steve Cuss, Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs