“Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving.” Sisters Book:The Favorite Sister Source: The Favorite Sister
“We’re women. Not girls. I am a twenty-seven-year-old pioneer in the wellness space who reincorporated her company as a B-corp without needing to hire a lawyer. Would you refer to my male equivalent as a boy?” WomenBusinessFeminismGirlsCeoGender Equality Book:The Favorite Sister Source: The Favorite Sister
“I'm a cold person...I'm selfish...I'm only capable of feeling about things that benefit me.” Human NatureThought ProvokingRelatable Book:Luckiest Girl Alive Source: Luckiest Girl Alive
“Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite poets, a woman named Donna Carnes, whose husband went out to sail in San Francisco Bay and had not been seen since. I love it too. How many parties have I gone to over the years, and laughed, and had a good time, while still managing to hold Denise close?” Grief Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women
“Impossible grief applies to cases where the grief-processing mechanism has been obstructed, like a clog in a drain.” Grief Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women
“Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that.” Grief Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women
“...but already I know, this is not a feeling. This is a growth. Inoperable, benign but painfully pressing on a vital organ. It will be with me, hurting me and not killing me, all my life.” FeelingsLossGriefEmotionsMourning Book:The Favorite Sister Source: The Favorite Sister
“Like all children, he was too young to take care of himself but capable of extreme emotional destruction.” Children Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women
“There is something about seeing someone from behind, something about the way people walk away, that I've found unnervingly intimate. Maybe it's because the back of the body isn't on guard the way the front is-the slouch of the shoulders and the flex in the back muscles, that's the most honest you'll ever see a person.” Thought ProvokingDeepOminous Book:Luckiest Girl Alive Source: Luckiest Girl Alive
“The world’s best mom,” her son Matthew said. This is what the editors chose to lead with, about a woman whose inventions made satellites possible.” WomenFeminismMomMothersGender EqualityObituaryGender Stereotypes Book:The Favorite Sister Source: The Favorite Sister
“There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was make me realize that there wasn't so big a difference between the man who brutalized Denise and half the men I passed every day on the street.” FeminismToxic Masculinity Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women
“He's seen me at my stray dog lowest and still he stood behind me, did everything he could to help me. He saw the future I could have before I even wanted it for myself, and he was the one to push me towards it. That's faith. Growing up, I thought faith was about believing Jesus died for us and that if I held on to that, I'd get to meet him when I died too. But faith doesn't mean that to me anymore. Now it means someone seeing something in you that you've never seen in yourself, and not giving up until you see it too. I want that. I miss that.” GirlAliveLecturerLuckiest Book:Luckiest Girl Alive Source: Luckiest Girl Alive
“He was nearing his final act in life, and he did not want to be alone at the end. In turn, he would offer Tina what no man her age could. With tears in his eyes, he told Tina and her family she could do whatever she wanted with her life. Go to Radcliffe, if it called to her, and live anywhere in the world. She taught about the barn that Ed bought Deb after high school, and she felt ill because she understood how it was Deb was so miserable doing whatever she wanted with her life too.” GroomingSexual Predator Book:Bright Young Women Source: Bright Young Women