M.J. Rose

“No, the sadness will soften, its edges will become less rough. In time missing him will be the way you love him.”

“They called it the Great War, but that implied worthiness and grandeur, not violence and helplessness and the utter waste and devastation our country, our city, our people endured.”

“‎"As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.”

“There was, for many of us, a great escape in reading about the fantastic and supernatural during wartime. Terrors more terrible than those we were living through gave us an outlet for our anxiety.”

“Spend lavishly on creams. Wash your hair with henna at the first sign of gray. Never spend one minute thinking about what you do not have. And most importantly, indulge in everything but love.”

“...men are monsters all, and something in them wants to force others to see the world the same way they see it.”

“There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.”

“Art frees us from our prejudices and gives us the chance to become our best selves, individuals who dare to dream. And even if those dreams aren’t always as pretty as we’d like, or don’t conform, or frighten us, it is our duty to encourage art to flourish. All art. Every kind.”