october reading recap 📚

I want to understand the plot, the themes, and all the characters that make up my life. I believe in the power of self-narrative, rigorously audited for falsehoods, ever vigilant for delusions. Every day, I pray, “God, let me see things as they truly are, especially myself.”

It would be a shame, wouldn’t it? To be the keeper of your story yet someho... See more

Friends, especially lifelong friends, are keepers of our stories, bearing witness to who we’ve been all along.

And if friends are the keepers of our stories, but there is no single friend who’s been present for each chapter—no one person to help you recall the location of that kiosk, the smell of Nürnberger sausages on a winter morning, or the poth... See more