Marisol Lahtz

“What I have made for myself is personal, but is not exactly peace,” and then it goes on, and then, “Most of us live less theatrically, but remain the survivors of a peculiar and inward time.” This feels like the truest thing I have ever read. I guess there’s no bottom to a person, but I feel you have left fewer stones unturned than anyone else who’s ever passed through, and it’s taken me some time to recognize how knowing you has been like coming in from the cold, lonely road to find a warm fire and a table laid, so thank you for that, Theodore.”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“What we commonly call an “addict,” I believe, is just an exaggerated version of all of us—just a person so desperately in search of relief from the sting of life that they will use anything (or anyone) to soothe it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, All the Way to the River

“US policies and actions related to Indigenous peoples, though often termed “racist” or “discriminatory,” are rarely depicted as what they are: classic cases of imperialism and a particular form of colonialism—settler colonialism.”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

“You saw them working multiple jobs or getting up at five o’clock in the morning, doing a two-hour commute, working with their hands, working at a fast-food place, taking care of other people’s kids, digging trenches, or working in the fields. They may have been single moms, responsible for the family’s livelihood, and filling the role of two parents, but somehow making ends meet. There was no time to rest. Taking care of their health and wellness wasn’t a priority for them, because your health and wellness were.”
― Ann Murray Dunning, Radical Señora Era: Ancestral Latin American Secrets for a Happier, Healthier Life