Ana Kirk > Ana's Quotes

“It kept him from reaching that place that he hit so, so often in his life, the mind-bending, sob-inducing limit where he said to himself, I just cannot endure any more motherfucking death. No more! Order. Put everything in order. Serve order. That was the why and what of it. Order.”
― Christopher Moore, Secondhand Souls

“Look, I’ve always had an empty place in my life that I’ve alternatively tried to fill with food and penises, but now I have something.”
― Christopher Moore, Secondhand Souls

“The average person quits a new habit because it becomes rather difficult to maintain. This is really why new years resolutions fail because people don’t factor in the pain and directionless feeling into the habits. They tunnel vision themselves on the end-point.”
― Alex Altman, Warning Adults Only: The 9 Daily Success Habits That Indirectly Make You More Sexual, Attract The Opposite Sex Effortlessly, Get More Sex & Walk Around ... and Dating Advice for Men Book 6)

“I am not the blues, I am jazz. I want to be present in the moment, not wallow in it.”
― Christopher Moore, Secondhand Souls

“If we all talked to each other in this way, with warm camaraderie and complete nonjudgment, much pain would be spared and happiness generated.”
― Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

“In a world that changes so quickly, and where everyone eventually leaves, our stuff is the one thing we can trust. It testifies, through the mute medium of Things, that we were part of something greater than ourselves.”
― Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

“Hoarding does not discriminate on the basis of income or intellect.”
― Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

“What kind of hoarder was she?” he asks. “Books and cats, mainly,” I tell the man who loves his cats and who I know is now actively considering his extensive book collection. “What’s the difference between a private library and a book hoarder?” he wonders. We are both silent before chuckling and answering in unison: “Feces.”
― Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

“the very thought of you
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“you look like you smell of
honey and no pain
let me have a taste of that”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“It’s just that there are other ways to spend your time as a cadaver. Get involved with science. Be an art exhibit. Become part of a tree. Some options for you to think about. Death. It doesn’t have to be boring.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“if i’m not the love of your life i’ll be the greatest loss instead”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“i notice everything i do not have and decide it is beautiful”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“I feel apprehensive
cause falling into you
means falling out of him and
i had not prepared for that
-forward”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“abuse doesn’t just happen
in romantic relationships
abuse can live
in friendships too”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“i’m either romanticizing the past or i’m busy worrying about the future it’s no wonder i don’t feel alive i’m not living in the only moment that’s real”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“masturbation is meditation”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“i am not interested in a feminism that excludes trans women”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“Sleep is one of the key factors in keeping your brain in top form. Proper rest is every bit as important as proper exercise, but sleeping well is not always as easy as we might hope.”
― Gareth Moore, 10-Minute Brain Teasers: Brain-Training Tips, Logic Tests, and Puzzles to Exercise Your Mind

“As consumers, we demand low prices and beautiful produce; any fruit or vegetable with a blemish is discarded and, when food prices rise, we complain about those who grow our food.”
― Angi Schneider, The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables: Canning, Pickling, Fermenting, Dehydrating and Freezing Your Favorite Fresh Produce

“The medical examiner’s responsibility would be to the decedent, not the police or prosecutors.”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“Histology involves slicing tissues into super-thin sections on a microtome, staining them to highlight various cellular structures, and putting them on a slide for the doctors to examine under a microscope.”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“Histology is the foundation of pathology,”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“What better authority than the guy responsible for getting you locked up?”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“The prisoner directed his query to King because King was the medical examiner who testified at his trial. What better authority than the guy responsible for getting you locked up?”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“As the drug deaths spiraled upward, a new synthetic opioid appeared on the streets in the autumn of 2016 — carfentanil. A hundred times more potent than fentanyl, a dose of carfentanil as small as a single grain of salt can be fatal.”
― Bruce Goldfarb, OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center

“Check in with simple, nonthreatening questions or requests: • “Are you saying . . . ?” • “I want your eyes because this is important . . .” • “Let me make sure I understand . . .” • “Say back what you heard . . .” • “Let me repeat that.” • “What do you think I meant by . . . ?” • “We may not be talking about the same thing. Are you saying . . . ?”
― MFT Tatkin, Stan, PsyD, In Each Other's Care: A Guide to the Most Common Relationship Conflicts and How to Work Through Them

“sometimes letting go of someone is a greater act of love than keeping them hostage in a love they don’t want.”
― Johana Gavez, Leap to Love

“It was similar to how her relationship with Arina had evolved. At first it was like the balance beam. Something she loved but felt on edge the whole time. Afraid a misstep would send her crashing down. As she let go of her fears, their relationship turned into her uneven bars routine. A relationship where every movement connected to the next, where the joy of taking a leap was bigger than the fear of falling.”
― Johana Gavez, Leap to Love

“Despair, anxiety, and depression can lead to negative changes to your microbiota, called dysbiosis.”
― Scott C. Anderson, The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood, Food, and the New Science of the Gut-Brain Connection