Deirdre

“It’s in the paper. They’re not allowed to print it if it isn’t true. Everybody knows that.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Deccie Must Die

“(1 in 20 women in Sierra Leone has a lifetime risk of death related to pregnancy or childbirth, which is among the highest rate in the world),”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out

“25 per cent of people surveyed had considered resigning due to mental pressure at work, 57 per cent said they drink after the workday to cope, and 14 per cent said they drink during it.”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’* sounds wonderful, but I bet you’ve never squinted to read the small print: * ‘Apply to do what you love and end up spending most of your day doing stuff you don’t love but is tangentially connected to the thing that you once loved, and also feel disheartened at the thought that you now know the inner workings of the industry that upholds the thing you once loved and can see all the ways the thing is being ruined by soggy systems and rotten rails.”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out