Lori Morgan

“I do not have a purpose any more than a mouse or a slug or a thornbush does. Why do you have to have one in order to feel content?”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“In a certain mood, the earth itself can seem a ouija board, calling out its advice, discharging symbol after symbol, relentless and malevolent, though to ordinary eyes nothing more has happened than a single back and white bird winging down the sky.”
― Olivia Laing, To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

“Meaning wasn’t in me, meaning wasn’t in another, meaning arose in the encounter between us.”
― Karl Ove Knausgaard, The Morning Star

“I look at Wolfgang and I see someone smart and kind," says Andrew. "I want him to be critical, but not at the expense of camaraderie. His compassion and his intelligence are complex enough to allow for both if we just don't--"
"Don't what?"
"If we don't get in his way.”
― Chloe Cooper Jones