Karen

“Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country

“Loss, once it’s become a certainty, is like a rock you hold in your hand. It has weight and dimension and texture. It’s solid and can be assessed and dealt with. You can use it to beat yourself or you can throw it away.”
― William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace