The problem with that is the most influential members of congress are already millionaires. To them, losing a paycheck is just a negligible price of admission.

oh goddamn Virginia. I guess my state just couldn't let a good thing happen unpunished.

depends on if the world's biggest fucking loser could still build the world's biggest dog rescue shelters.

While it was definitely depressing, the syntax was so weird that I had to keep rereading the sentences to parse them out. Especially in the first half of the book until I was able to adapt to the writing. So I never got fully immersed in it.

And I don't understand why they had to leave the bunker?

"I never give my life meaning by demeaning you"

God, she's amazing, isn't she? I came across Ani when I was a teenager in the 90s and I genuinely believe I'm a better person than I would have been otherwise.

I have a fucking tattoo in dedication to Little Plastic Castle. I still couldn't sing it from memory even if my life depended on it.

One of my favorite mental games is finding contronyms -- words that are the opposite of themselves. Like to screen something can mean to show a thing or also to hide a thing.

On a different note, I'm not a believer in a higher power, but I have a very dear friend who is a queer Christian. We live in a very conservative area and they have a hard time finding a place to belong, so I want to sincerely thank you for making space for queer believers.