Lauren

“I don’t believe in epiphanies. I don’t believe in transformative moments, as transformation is harder than a moment. I’ve seen far too many people awash in a genuine desire to change only to lose their mettle when they realized just how difficult change actually is.”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“What does it matter if we lie? When has anything good ever happened in the world just because someone told the truth?”
― Martine Fournier Watson, The Dream Peddler

“People don’t just fall in love by accident, like you’d fall down a set of stairs. They have to be willing.”
― Martine Fournier Watson, The Dream Peddler

“They want us to be shepherds to these kids. But no one wants to talk about the fact that many of them are raised by wolves.” I”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis