Denise Caparula

“Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the ones who had taken it away--become afraid, more protective of their endangered interests, more repressive.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“Is there any more futile, soul-irradiating experience than standing before the little window on a microwave oven watching the carousel slowly revolve your frozen block of dinner?”
― Michael Pollan, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

“The ads have also helped manufacture a sense of panic about time, depicting families so rushed and harried in the morning that there is no time to make breakfast, not even to pour some milk over a bowl of cereal. No, the only hope is to munch on a cereal bar (iced with synthetic “milk” frosting) in the bus or car. (Tell me: Why can’t these hassled families set their alarm clocks, like, ten minutes earlier?!)”
― Michael Pollan, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

“You will never meet anyone who has done something great who waited for permission to do something great.”
― pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You