Lindsay

“Because it engages the mind, Pilates generates an electrical impulse or a chemical in the nervous system that we register as enjoyment. These impulses and chemicals cause the brain to crave a repeat performance, and that is the stuff that creates addiction. You think you are addicted to an activity, but in fact you are addicted to the chemical by-product of that activity. You become your own drug dealer.”
― John Howard Steel, Caged Lion: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy

“The generation behind me is nostalgic for an institutional ease of which I can barely conceive, which, for all its systemic flaws, was safe from the ruinous interferences of technology. I witnessed the tail end of it, before the battle royale between the robots and the dinosaurs began in earnest. I imagine every industry is like this. Maybe the people behind you had it better and maybe they had it worse, but it always feels like they knew what the hell was going on.”
― Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

“I hang up the phone. I don’t have time for this lack of vision.”
― Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

“It’s unpredictable, this stage of grief. Just when you think you have a handle on it, a crack opens up where the crazy gets in. The pain is a weather system that builds and expands, occasionally touching down, like lightning. If you have ever thrown your back out while brushing your teeth, you’re familiar with the sensation.”
― Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People