“This morning I sit, a body of heat and weighted blood, reminding myself to remember myself. I am forever making history. When I try to do things I used to do, they no longer feel right. When I try to slip back into the places I used to squeeze myself, it’s far too uncomfortable. This is what happens when life grows, and life can only grow. We lose the ability to pretend. Once you know it, you can’t un-know it. Nor can you carry on as if nothing has changed. How inconvenient.”

- Yrsa Daley-Ward