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There is nothing quite so alive as a book that has been well loved. —Ashlyn Greer, The Care & Feeding of Old Books
“Women, endlessly told to smile but also tasked with making other people smile, are held accountable not only for the expression of their own feelings but also for the feelings of others.”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Yes, but all of motherhood is just chronic low-level fear at the best of times, dear.”
― Looking for Jane
― Looking for Jane
“Much of self-doubt is conformity in disguise.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“But the yogic path is just preparation for Death, the final stage in your inevitable decay. It’s not a preventive measure, but it’s a way of showing up fully for both the voyage and the destination of the infinite.”
― Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance
― Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance
“A tiny version of Mark appears on her shoulder like an angel, reminding her not to say something snide about everyone playing house, about how Emma’s going to have her work cut out for her, cohabiting with someone who has a gaming chair.”
― Same As It Ever Was
― Same As It Ever Was
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