Risa

“I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I used to be (talk about miracles). Then something comes up, and I overreact and blame and sulk, and it feels like I haven't made any progress at all. But it turns out I'm less of a brat than before, and I hit the reset button much sooner, shake it off, and get my sense if humor back.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“having nothing to struggle
against
they have nothing to struggle
for.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“New Yorkers think they’ve seen it all, heard it all, and know it all. But I learned from watching The Hour of Power—a Sunday-morning religious TV show—that being hard to shock was not the same thing as being tolerant.”
― Jo Maeder, When I Married My Mother:A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters--and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo

“I learned something about grief. I had heard people say that when someone dies, it leaves a hole in the world. But it doesn’t, I realized. Arturo was still everywhere. Something would happen and I would think, Wait until I tell Arturo. I kept turning around, expecting to”
― Anonymous