Katie Burger

“I wish I could have one nice interaction with everyone and then disappear.”
― Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

“Normalcy is the antithesis of evolution.”
― Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History

“Life is a constant, merciless fight that everyone loses.”
― Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

“There is a loneliness to illness, a child's desire to be pitied and seen. But it is precisely this recognition that is elusive. How can you explain and identify your condition if not one has any grasp of what it is you suffer from and the symptoms wax and wane? How do you describe a disease that's not always there?”
― Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness