Nancy

“After you died I could not hold a funeral,
And so my life became a funeral.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

“Do you want to live a long, healthy, and prosperous life? Don’t smoke. Exercise. Eat right. But also take good care of your interpersonal relationships and the way you deal with life’s inevitable upsets and traumas. Your mind-set, your coping strategies, how you navigate challenging circumstances, your capacity to transcend distress, your capacity to love – these things, I believe, are also a matter of life and death.”
― Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: A History

“We spend our entire lives trying to tell stories about ourselves—they’re the essence of memory. It is how we make living in this unfeeling, accidental universe tolerable.”
― Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

“Ya know, Joey,’ Uncle Ed would say, ‘there’s no accountin’ for horses’ asses.”
― Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose