Lori

“What if the point of menopause is to break up with our former self? It's transitional- you need to leave behind who you were- someone the world considered young, someone who could perhaps get pregnant, someone with far more time ahead of her than behind her. It might not be easy-breezy, but you have to embrace this new person, your present self.”
― Naomi Watts, Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause

“This is how you discover your life’s meaning—by focusing on your daily actions rather than the content of your future eulogy. When generativity becomes your focus, the immediate impact of your actions is all the motivation you need. Every pact you make, every shift, every “What if?” becomes not just a step in your own journey, but a chance to inspire and elevate others. Your career is no longer a linear ladder you climb alone, but a nonlinear path of shared discovery.”
― Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World

“Cary felt like he’d spent his whole life trying to close his arms around her and never quite succeeding…. Could he stop trying to have Shiloh- and just have her? Be with her. Plan around her. Know she was his, even from ten thousand miles away. Cary wanted to feel settled. He wanted to feel locked down. Shiloh was a light in the distance. She was an ache he’d been feeling since he was thirteen. An itch. She was a finger hooked into every torn seam, tugging- and Cary was made of torn seams. Just a poorly stitched human being. He’d only known how to want Shiloh, never how to have her. Could he just- Could he finally- relax?”
― Rainbow Rowell, Slow Dance

“Don’t misunderstand me; I don’t want to die alone, but spending quality time with myself 60 to 70 percent of the day is my idea of mecca.”
― Issa Rae, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl