Deborah Carr

“the prison wasn’t the place, but the perspective.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“It never occurred to me that every life must be constantly reinvented by adventures and private jokes, and that it might, suddenly, end.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

“If country music has taught me anything, it’s that getting drunk probably isn’t the best method of dealing with heartbreak. But I’m a traditionalist.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

“...I had nothing to do but survive the feeling that some pain is for no reason at all. It became clearer than ever that life is not a series of choices. So often the experiences that define us are the ones that we didn't pick. Cancer. Betrayal. Miscarriage. Job loss. Mental illness. A novel coronavirus.”
― Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear