Commonplace

"Actually kind of the most anti-consumer thing that you can do is teach a seventh grader how to make their own clothes or dye something from a waste of something else"

- Sasha Duerr on Botanical Colors Feedback Friday: Mapping Color with Sasha Duerr + Maibe Maroccolo

"Expectations are resentments under construction."

-Almost Everything by Anne Lamott chapter 12.

"In the clarity of night, Eliza had realized that it was better to make changes for oneself than try to mend holes torn by the decisions of others."

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton P581

"the truth still fitted like someone else’s glove"

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton P266

"Images and conversations played rapidly across her brain, a never-ending stream of thoughts and feelings tied together by no theme more specific than that they were hers"

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton P213

"Defensiveness chased vulnerability from her face"

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton P75

"Sometimes, it will feel like you are the only one pacing yourself, while everyone else storms ahead. You won’t see their bust. Their burnout won’t be on TikTok, their poor sleep and lack of rest won’t make it on to your Instagram feed."

- Pace Yourself by Amy Arthur P243

"life connects joy to pain and pain to joy within the same breath."

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig P243

"We turn to our artists for the truth and the artists right now we have to tell the truth. We have to be honest because we can't trust anyone else. We have to speak for our communities and tell the truth"

-Jinkx Monsoon on The Bald And The Beautiful

Jinkx is talking about how currently politicians and media are lying and biased and society turns to