David Reuter

“It might not sound like it, but the theme of this chapter is optimism. We are amid a modern health crisis. The good news is that our system can be fixed, and the crisis can end. Just 120 years ago, starvation, malnutrition, and early death were the norm. Tuberculosis and pneumonia were leading causes of death. Life expectancy in the United States was around age forty-seven. Back then, 30 percent of all U.S. deaths occurred in children under five years of age, compared to just 1.4 percent in 1999. If you transported someone living in those times to the present day, they’d be in utter shock as they tried to process society’s advancements. There is no”
― Casey Means, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

“ninety-four years, Sunny thought. If that’s not an omen, what is? She hadn’t said that to her friends, though. She knew they’d roll their eyes at her and the whole idea of “destiny” or “omens.” But still, that third uncanny moon in the sky made her feel somehow a little more hopeful … like maybe things would be all right. The way she used to feel when she thought about the”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Brightest Night

“anything happens, you’re leaving”
― Tui T. Sutherland, The Brightest Night

“It’s furry and sleeps upside down and has a really chewy tail,” said”
― Tui T. Sutherland, Escaping Peril