Kim Williams

“Then the white man talk about how some people trying to use smooth talk to win people over and how totalitarianism always happens with consent and we nod like we understand.”
― Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings

“Want is not a good way to make decisions.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Maybe this is how parents feel when their kids grow up, like some piece of them has become fundamentally unknowable.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Taking care of the house feels endless, and often purposeless. The kitchen floor is clean on Tuesday but by Thursday it’s dirty. She used to have set days when she cleaned the floor but lately she just seems to clean it every day, sometimes twice a day. There is nothing to show for those hours. The children, of course, add purpose, but the house feels like a set of posts without a goal.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Three Women