Emma M.

“And now I was looking for ways to keep the rest of the day simple, absent of striving and shoulds. This new mindset allowed me to make decisions based not on what was best, but what was good enough.”
― Julie Chavez, Everyone But Myself: A Memoir

“Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one.”
― Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

“In every office I’ve worked, word of complimentary cake races through the ranks of the cubicle class like it’s a rumor about the Wells Fargo wagon showing up in River City, Iowa. Free break room cake is a blessing, a gift from some benevolent force that asks nothing of you in return. Free break room cake offers you an opportunity to share a portion of some other person’s joy, both literally and figuratively. In a space built on capitalist power structures, free break room cake reminds you that you don’t need to produce anything to be deserving of a little sweetness.”
― R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays

“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.”
― Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It