Kris McCracken

“The new government decided the best way to rectify this was to outlaw abortion and prohibit the sale or display of contraceptives in the Weimar constitution of 1919. During a time of unimaginable scarcity and fear, women were forced into motherhood. They were forced to make do, and the pressure to repopulate the nation, to birth and raise a new generation of mothers and soldiers, was enormous. It was the most important thing a woman could possibly do: Be the Good Mother.”
― Heinrich Böll, Billiards at Half-Past Nine

“They fought as though the most important thing was to damage each other as much as possible.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“He was hurling words at his shrinking wife like clods or bricks and she was not dodging but receiving them like a willing saint, enduring abuse like a terrible balm.”
― Thea Astley, Drylands

“I think it’s the coolest thing in the world when someone steps outside their so-called station in life to indulge in a personal “art for the sake of art” moment.”
― Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song