Karen Grothe

“When you were grown up you only feared, well, logical things. Poverty. Illness. Being found out. At least you weren’t mad with terror because of something under the stairs. The world wasn’t full of arbitrary light and shade. The wonderful world of childhood? Well, it wasn’t a cut-down version of the adult one, that was certain. It was more like the adult one written in big heavy letters. Everything was . . . more. More everything.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

“Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don’t change the subject when you share your pain, or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there’s no weakness in admitting it. In fact, few things take as much strength. Find people who want to be real, however that looks and feels, and who want you to be real, too. Find people who get that life is hard, and who get that life is also beautiful, and who aren’t afraid to honor both those realities. Find people who help you feel more at home in your heart, mind and body, and who take joy in your joy. Find people who love you, for real, and who accept you, for real. Just as you are. They’re out there, these people. Your tribe is waiting for you. Don’t stop searching until you find them.
9/30/16

Then her heart opened wider than it ever had before,
and all she saw before her, everywhere she looked, were people to love.”
― Scott Stabile

“So, in the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option: I’m going to have to science the shit out of this.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“You have a way with a proverb, old friend, as befits a wordsmith of your calibre." Compliment? Or not? With Sherlock Holmes, it was hard to tell.”
― James Lovegrove, Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon