Jennifer Sciolino-Moore

“there is no universal standard of well-being.”
― Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“Love is inexact, Henry said. It is not a science. It is barely a noun. It means one thing to one person, and one thing to another. It means one thing to one person at one point and then something else at another point. It doesn’t make sense. We are gathered here today to not make sense. We are gathered here today to listen to the ineffable. I’m supposed to be explaining it, but I can’t explain it. I love you, it’s a mystery. Because it’s a mystery, we have to take care of it. Feed it. It can go missing, but we can’t tie it up. We can only tie it to someone else. Other people. Then the world is like this: full of the geometry of my rope tied to you, and to you, and yours tied to him, and to her, and hers to someone else. I love you, it’s a mystery. A moment of silence.”
― Aja Gabel, The Ensemble

“Without hope, the need to punish is the one true religion. Blame must be fixed on some soul other than one’s own.”
― John Burnham Schwartz, Reservation Road

“We all face the prospect that what is supposed to be a private decision—the termination of a pregnancy—might become the first step in a campaign to eliminate people with disabilities.”
― Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity