“For a large part of human history, people didn't really know how a woman's body worked. This is mainly because for much of human history, a woman's body was either too sacred or too sexual to study.” BodyHistoryStudyHumanSacredWomanSexual Book:Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos Source: Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
“Anyone who can fail to rejoice in the enticing squish/crunch of a fast-food French fry, or the delight of a warmed piece of grocery-store donut, is living half a life” FoodJunk Food Book:Relish: My Life in the Kitchen Source: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
“But my cookies contain the anxious deliciousness earned through an afternoon spent in turmoil, soothed by separating my troubles into warm crispy pieces.” FoodAnxietyCookies Book:Relish: My Life in the Kitchen Source: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
“When we write about our lives, it's a form of time travel. We inhabit the body we were back then, and yet we do so from our safe distance in the future.” BodyFutureSafeDistanceTime TravelWriteLivesInhabit Book:Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos Source: Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
“Constant consciousness of old age's frailties really makes me appreciate youth. It's so interesting that we evolved to respond with automatic care to the young... while old age repels, makes us afraid of our own mortality.” AgeHumanityYouthMortalityAgeingYouthfulnessCaretaking Book:Displacement: A Travelogue Source: Displacement: A Travelogue
“All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder.” HistoryTravelEuropeMurderGenocideHolocaustAncestorsGenealogyTravelogue Book:An Age of License: A Travelogue Source: An Age of License: A Travelogue