Kate Wu

“Numb the dark and you numb the light.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“As we drove, I suddenly had a hideous memory of what a hideous thing marriage was for me at times--Those years with William. A familiarity so dense it filled up the room. Your throat almost clogged with knowledge of the other so that it seemed to practically press into your nostrils. The odor of the other's thoughts. The self consciousness of every spoken word. The slight flicker of an eyebrow slightly raised. The barely perceptible tilting of the chin, no one but the other would know what it meant but you could not be free living like that. Not ever. Intimacy became a ghastly thing.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

“Advice for a human.

81. You can't find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being.

82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.”
― Matt Haig, The Humans

“Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.”
― James Hillman