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“Drifted. Got through each day. Focused on the minutiae. First shoes. Vaccinations. Chesty coughs. Sweet-potato purée. Made a religion out of motherhood. A cult that blocked out everything else.”
― Roisín O'Donnell, Nesting

“There’s a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain, a perception of privacy and isolation, even of dominion.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Mornings have been the hardest things to adapt to; company after three decades of waking up alone. She has always considered herself the kind of person seen to best effect at four p.m., once the day has burnt away and softened up her difficulties. Having someone with her from the outset gives her no rehearsal space, no time to sink down into some more pliable version of the creature she is to begin with.”
― Julia Armfield, Salt Slow