Jill

“She should be standing before the stove in her new robe, full of simple, encouraging talk. Still, when she opened her eyes a few minutes ago (after seven already!)—when she still half inhabited her dream, some sort of pulsating machinery in the remote distance, a steady pounding like a gigantic mechanical heart, which seemed to be drawing nearer—she felt the dank sensation around her, the nowhere feeling, and knew it was going to be a difficult day. She knew she was going to have trouble believing in herself,”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“I try to limit my exposure to politicians to a bare minimum; they trigger my hypocrite allergy.”
― David Rosenfelt, Best in Snow

“My father used to say the world turned wrong when we started separating ourselves from the wild, when we stopped being one with the rest of nature, and sat apart.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves

“Do we feel God’s presence because we are looking for him, or do we feel it because he is looking for us?”
― Heather Lende, If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska