Liz Dannenbaum

“The outline of the woods, wet and stark against night’s blue-black pool. Stars and moon all swimming out there in the infinite. It made him think that if he could stretch his vision far enough, he could see to the end of it all, where the universe simply trickled back to God’s eye.”
― Stephen Markley, Ohio

“Maybe we pay to be reminded of beauty, to see what was always already before our eyes. I see what I’ve been missing, which has nothing to do with lunch or flowers and everything to do with growing free.”
― Maya Lang, What We Carry: A Memoir

“Marysville, Ohio, is now pretty much a commuter suburb of Columbus, but when I was growing up there, it may as well have been rural Kansas in the thirties.”
― Adrienne Miller, In the Land of Men

“I was keenly aware that I had nowhere near the challenges facing millions of people around the globe. That I was well aware of this only made me feel worse. To feel immobilized when perfectly aware of your privilege made death by inconsequential traffic incident seem even more desirable.”
― Annabelle Gurwitch, You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility