“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person’s face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing.”

Miranda July’s book of short stories always makes me feel better. They’re similar in feel to her film, You and Me and Everyone We Know, but they’re more emotional and introspective (which one wouldn’t think to be possible), and also sexier. I could read the story This Person every night before bed, and I probably should.