Elise

“You are not required to contribute to be worthy of love and care and belonging. We know this is true because you could be connected to a ventilator unable to contribute anything (and in fact be using lots of resources) and still be a worthy human being. We all have seasons of life when we are capable of contributing more or less than the people around us.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“You don’t exist to serve your space; your space exists to serve you.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“The culture of capitalism is self-contradictory, demanding that people be hard workers by day and hedonists by night.”
― Eva Illouz, Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

“Today I hit rock bottom but didn’t busy myself with activity to take my mind off it, like I usually do. I allowed myself to sink as deep as possible. It’s like an infection: let it run its course and be done with it. Rising, I felt cleansed.”
― Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass