Constance could put names to all the growing things, but I was content to know them by their way and place of growing, and their unfailing offers of refuge.
“It was a small price to pay for the delight of access to new books, and if it felt a little bit like homework, well, the more Lundy learned about living in the Market, the more she came to see homework as a sort of fair value given to her teachers. They gave her lessons, and she gave them proof that those lessons had not been wasted.”
― Juice Like Wounds
― Juice Like Wounds
“If it's a shitshow, you can no longer hold your shit together. Access to shit-holding has been denied.”
― From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart
― From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart
“I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.”
― The Lightning Thief
― The Lightning Thief
“You must feel all the feelings so you can heal all the healings.”
― From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart
― From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart
“In America, everything seemed fixable, and in Japan, difficult problems were to be endured. Sho ga nai, sho ga nai. How many times had he heard these words? It cannot be helped. His mother had apparently hated that expression, and suddenly he understood her rage against this cultural resignation that violated her beliefs and wishes.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
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