Kirsti

“The monk in the grip of acedia would find it difficult or impossible to read. Looking away from his book, he might try to distract himself with gossip but would more likely glance in disgust at his surroundings and at his fellow monks. He would feel that things were better somewhere else, that he was wasting his life, that everything was stale and pointless, that he was suffocating.”
― Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

“I'm not going to stand here and be eaten by some bitch's dinosaur. I am finally doing something with my life.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Volume 1

“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
― Edith Wharton

“The backlash against feminism remains savage, strong, and omnipresent, but it is not winning. The world has changed profoundly, and it needs to change far more.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me