Women and Children First

by Alina Grabowski

Pity is one of the best ways to get what you want.

I would rather make you uncomfortable in the pursuit of excellence than comfortable in the acceptance of mediocrity,

Sometimes I think that we already know what our futures hold—we’re just waiting for the right moment to stop hiding from ourselves.

“Faith doesn’t require proof. Trust does.”

They don’t tell you how easy it is. To wake up beside someone, their heavy arm draped over your shoulder, and realize: Oh, it’s gone.