Kat

“Stevie woke the next morning, which was a good start. When things are bad, give yourself a point for everything.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Vanishing Stair

“The other thing you have to understand was that the message crept into our national consciousness very slowly. It did not happen all at once. We did not wake up one morning to hear it pouring out of the radio at full strength. It started with a sneering comment, the casual use of the term "cockroach," the almost humorous suggestion that Tutsis should be airmailed back to Ethiopia. Stripping the humanity from an entire group of people takes time. It is an attitude that requires cultivation, a series of small steps, daily tending.”
― Paul Rusesabagina, An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

“Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create. Philosophers have proclaimed this for thousands of years just as vehemently as we insist upon ignoring it generation after generation.”
― Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

“You have to take things as they are, not how you hear they're supposed to be.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious