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

“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

“Writing is either a way to shed my self-delusions or a way to develop them. A well-practiced, conclusive narrative is usually a dubious one:”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror

“nothing takes as much work as effortlessness.”
― Tana French, The Likeness