Karyn

“Grow it right, and you feel insanely rich, no matter what you own.”
― Kristin Kimball, The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

“There are worse things that being invisible, the monster had said, and it was right.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“It's interesting that penny-pinching is an accepted defense for toxic food habits, when frugality so rarely rules other consumer domains. The majority of Americans buy bottled drinking water, for example, even though water runs from the faucets at home for a fraction of the cost, and government quality standards are stricter for tap water than for bottled. At any income level, we can be relied upon for categorically unnecessary purchases: portable-earplug music instead of the radio; extra-fast Internet for leisure use; heavy vehicles to transport light loads; name-brand clothing instead of plainer gear. "Economizing," as applied to clothing, generally means looking for discount name brands instead of wearing last year's clothes again. The dread of rearing unfashionable children is understandable. But as a priority, "makes me look cool" has passed up "keeps arteries functional" and left the kids huffing and puffing (fashionably) in the dust.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

“You do not write your life with words, you write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls