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:

“Sometimes the body is a weight pulling you the way down. And it's hard to love the stone that drowns you.”
― 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

“My favorite season is autumn, because my mum and I both believed that’s the only time when magic can be tasted in the air.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals