Lynne Fort

“Hello, 911? I am the first person at this party.”
― Samantha Irby, Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

“This is the great trap of life: One day rolls into the next, and a year goes by, and we still haven’t had that conversation we always meant to have. Still haven’t created that peak moment for our students. Still haven’t seen the northern lights. We walk a flatland that could have been a mountain range. It’s not easy to snap out of this tendency. It took a terminal illness for Gene O’Kelly to do it.”
― Chip Heath, The Power of Moments: Why Certain Moments Have Extraordinary Impact

“Alas, we are what we are, and we need the stories, we need the public transportation, the anxiety meds, the television shows by the dozens, the music in bars and restaurants saving us from the terror of silence, the everlasting promise of brown liquor, the bathrooms in national parks, and the political catchphrases we can all shout and stick to our bumpers.”
― Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia

“First of all, why you would ask a man anything is beyond me.”
― Samantha Irby, Wow, No Thank You.