Thatโs whatโs so gorgeous about humanity. It doesnโt matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think thatโs our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.
Mary KarrTen years, she's dead, and I still find myself some mornings reaching for the phone to call her. She could no more be gone than gravity or the moon.
Mary KarrIt strikes me that whatever advantages there are to being a boy--getting to stay out late and having other people wash your clothes and bring you plates of stuff--get undercut by having to play football.
Mary Karr