Grace

“AHHHHH,” like George Clooney on ER, like she was off to go slice out the tumor that had lately been pressing on the world’s optic nerve. She wanted to stop people on the street and say, “Do you know about this? You should know about this. No one is talking about this!”
― Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This

“Forget about what pop psychology did to the term self-care. All it means is to care for self. Your body, your mind, your space. And here is the great news: You do not have to care about yourself to care for yourself.”
― KC Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help

“Only when the traveler communicates with the city of departure does he realize he has entered a new domain of time...It is then the traveler learns that he is cut off in time, as well as in space. No traveler goes back to his city of origin.”
― Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams

“There were no servants. People just weren't interested in careers in domestic service anymore.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five