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“We have far more control over our health and the condition of our bodies than we ever thought possible.” — Mike Rabe Copy Share Image
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“We find it hard to accept that sometimes death and destruction are the only solutions if we want to survive.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
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“Sometimes the events meant to destroy you are the conditions that bring you to life.” — Joshua Viola Copy Share Image
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“Sometimes your instincts were wrong. Your body wants you to survive but sometimes there are more important things than just surviving.” — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
“No matter what we said, people would believe what they wanted to believe. The more we struggled, the more vulnerable we'd be.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image