Lori

“Interesting, her mind noted, that she would accept an increase in the risk of death over looking rude.”
― Ally Condie, The Unwedding

“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

“One, I was an asshole in eleventh grade. Ask literally anyone…. Two is still that I was an asshole. I hadn’t given any serious thought to geopolitical realities. I was just talking big- and taking the stance that matched my outfits.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Slow Dance

“Today is "tree decorating day." It's not my favorite day of the year, but it's not the worst either. For instance, I like it better than "root canal day" and "food poisoning day" and "colonoscopy day.”
― David Rosenfelt