Heather Owens

“A bucket list disguises a dark question as a challenge: what do you want to do before you die? We all want, in the words of Henry David Thoreau, to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” But do we attain that by listing everything we’ve ever wanted to do? Should we really focus on how many moments we can collect?”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human:

“And I’m not afraid to be alone, but I’m tired of being the one left behind.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Who wants to be confronted with the reality that we are all a breath away from a problem that could alter our lives completely? A friend with a very sick child said it best: I'm everyone's inspiration and no one's friend.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

“How do you make your life your own and not feel guilt over it?”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals