“Complaining allows us to acknowledge the imperfect
without having to take action—it lets us luxuriate in inertia. We all have
grand ideas about what life would be like if only we had this, or did that, or
lived there. Perhaps complaining helps bridge the vast yawn between these
fantasy selves and reality.” — American fiction writer, essayist,
editor, and social commentator Roxane Gay, “Why I Stopped Whining,” Reader’s
Digest, May 2015
The image accompanying this post of Roxane Gay was
taken Oct. 22, 2015, by Eva Blue in Montreal, Canada during an interview by
Rachel Zellars.
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