3 Quotes by Christine Sneed

There are so many ways of classifying our tendencies, but I think one of the most telling must be this: there are those of us who do not wrestle very often or for very long with our appetites, who can simply say, Enough, and walk away, and those of us who are constantly at odds with how much we desire and what we actually allow ourselves. The gay between desire and restraint: here rages the river of discontent, one that often threatens to overflow its banks.

This can be lonely work, but it connects you to other people in ways that many of the things we could do with our lives do not.

It was a temporary state of grace, this upwelling of suspense and happiness, but I knew that every feeling I’d ever had was and would be temporary.