Ariana

“Care tasks exist for one reason only… to make your body and space functional enough for you to easily experience the joy this world has to offer.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“In the woods, it had been so easy to assert herself fearlessly, but it was impossible to be a free woman among people. Society demanded a certain level of lying about oneself.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

“I hope that even as Sorrrowland delves into the pain these colonial states have wrought, one might see the joy, triumph, and humor of those who resist, resist, resist. That said, there is no mincing words about some of the darker themes in this book. Note discussion and instances of racism, misogyny, self-harm, suicidality, and homophobia, inclusion of animal death and explicit violence, and references to sexual violence that have taken place off the page.
I hope you find in this book whatever it is you need right this moment.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

“If it was so unnatural to feel this way, then why did Vern exist? She was a part of nature, too, wasn't she? Humans and their proclivities were as much a part of the earth as trees, as rivers.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland