Lizzy

“Despite the fact we give hurricanes names like Katrina and Rita, a hurricane isn't a self-contained unit. A hurricane is an impermanent, ever-changing phenomenon arising out of a particular set of interacting conditions - air pressure, ground temperature, humidity, wind and so on. The same applies to us: we aren't self-contained units either. Like weather patterns, we are also an impermanent, ever-changing phenomenon arising out of a particular set of interacting conditions. Without food, water, air and shelter, we'd be dead. Without our genes, family, friends, social history, and culture, wouldn't act or feel as we do.”
― Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

“How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted?”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“They made us into a race. We made ourselves into a people. Here”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

“The mind I love must have wild places.”
― Katherine Mansfield