Kristi

“There's only one things more contagious than enthusiasm, and that's the lack of it”
― Stephen D. Brookfield, The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, And Responsiveness in the Classroom

“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

“The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter less.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

“I experienced pleasure like a future pain.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion