Stephanie

“Finally, we come to the realization that life is just a laboratory, and we're all doing the best we can. We are only passing through, so let's learn how to love ourselves and others, find joy, and do no harm.”
― Mary St Onge, The Forever Days: A Memoir of Soul Healing and a Lifetime of Summers at the Lake

“The things we watch, listen to, read, wear, write, and share dictate in large part how we internalize and project what we're worth.”
― Sophie Gilbert, Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves

“The American Dream, as we know it, is abundance. It's a dream to amass houses, children, cars. It's a dream to collect things of value. But it is an equally American dream to be able to abandon, drop everything, to jettison, without guilt, anything that weighs you down.”
― Emily Mester, American Bulk: Essays on Excess

“Some books you want to devour or read quickly, turning each page as though you are in a race. Like drinking tequila to get high. Some books are sippers, like cognac. You want to hold the liquid on your tongue and roll it over your taste buds, reluctant to have it slide down your throat, lost to your senses. Reading is one of life's magnificent pleasures.”
― Mary St Onge, The Forever Days: A Memoir of Soul Healing and a Lifetime of Summers at the Lake