“ that is my problem with life, i rush through it, like i’m being chased. even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. when i drink relaxing tea, i suck it down as if i’m in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest. or if i’m in a hot tub with some other people and we’re all looking up at the stars, i’ll be the first to say, it’s so beautiful here. the sooner you say, it’s so beautiful here, the quicker you can say, Wow, I’m getting overheated.” — no one belongs here more than you by miranda july

” half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. real gods require blood.” — their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston

" travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." mark twain