Laura

“Life is like a black hole. You don’t know what lies ahead. You can’t ever turn back. All you can do is move forward.” Suddenly, she breaks into laughter.”
― Hiroshi Yamamoto, The Stories of Ibis

“I had spent my adolescence trying to blend in with my peers in suburban America, and had come of age feeling like my belonging was something to prove. Something that was always in the hands of other people to be given and never my own to take, to decide which side I was on, whom I was allowed to align with. I could never be of both worlds, only half in and half out, waiting to be ejected at will by someone with greater claim than me. Someone whole.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

“Ah, Asimov’s Laws of Robotics: ‘A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.’ ‘A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.’ Etcetera. Empty words really. Having a will of your own essentially implies an existence that surpasses your own programming.”
― Hiroshi Yamamoto, The Stories of Ibis

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants