Dawn

“A character in the book is asked what the greatest wonder in the world is. And he answers … He says, The greatest wonder is that every day, all around us, people die, but we act as if it couldn’t happen to us.”
― John Kenney, I See You've Called in Dead

“Don’t exclude people even if you don’t like them.”
― Sarah Ruhl, Lessons from My Teachers: From Preschool to the Present

“Turned out that sublimating one’s “adverse childhood experiences” into being shredded AF did not, in the end, a personality make. She was just someone who lifted; she didn’t have to make the practice an autobiography. Improve your form, eat your protein, keep it moving. That was good enough.”
― Elaine Castillo, Moderation

“Grief is like the sound of the exhaust fan over the stove—a constant hum that recedes a little to the background over time, though you never get to turn it off.”
― Catherine Newman, Wreck