Jen

“It hurts in an unexpected way, like doing yoga for the first time in a long while and realizing you can’t bend the way you thought you could; a new soreness.”
― Katie Yee, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

“I stood holding the note with that funny little abandoned feeling one gets a million times a day in a domestic setting. I could have cried, but why? It’s not like I need to dish with my husband about every little thing; that’s what friends are for. Harris and I are more formal, like two diplomats who aren’t sure if the other one has poisoned our drink. Forever thirsty but forever wanting the other one to take the first sip.”
― Miranda July, All Fours

“Now she knows what it feels like to be beyond the traditional plot points of a life, to sit on a chair in an empty room feeling like there is nothing more than this solemn march forward. Yet, there must be something else. She is suddenly gripped with such curiosity it feels primal. She needs to know: After the war, after the marriage, after the suicide—what happens next?”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“Honey, there’s never been a me or a you before,” he replied. “This works however we say it works.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life