Status Updates From A Field Guide to Getting Lost

the blue of distance

“Worry is a way to pretend you have knowledge or control over what you don’t—and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.”

“Exceptional beauty and charm are among the gifts given by the sinister fairy at the christening. They give the bearer considerable sway over others, which can keep them so busy being a sort of siren on the rocks while others shipwreck that they forget themselves and need to figure out where they are going.”