Tracey

“Steak and chicken have too much baggage these days. Was it free-range? Antibiotic-free? Cruelty-free? Organic? Kosher? Did the farmer wear silken gloves to caress it to sleep every night while singing gentle lullabies? You can’t order a fucking hamburger anymore without embracing some kind of political platform.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

“And now I was older, and the wishful props of future selves had lost their comforts. I might always feel some form of this, a depression that did not lift but grew compact and familiar, a space occupied like the sad limbo of hotel rooms.”
― Emma Cline, The Girls

“The things you love the most will one day hurt you the worst.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

“My love for my mother is like an axe. It cuts very deep.”
― Deborah Levy, Hot Milk