Kristin

“They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it's not.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“You come to know the pattern of your particular chemical bombardment. The numbness, the lack of focus, the artificial sense of peace when the meds first hit your system. The growing paranoia and anxiety as they wane. The worse you feel, the more you can get into the treacherous waters of your own thoughts. The greater the threat from the inside, the more you long for those waters, as if you've grown accustomed to the terrible tentacles that seek to draw you into their crushing embrace.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“It is a dangerous myth that we are better historians than our predecessors. We are not.”
― Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket