“We make the mistake of labeling ourselves as nouns, when we are really verbs – we are not a runner, but rather a person who runs; we’re not a writer, but a person who writes. Our sense of self doesn’t have to be bundled up with whether we did the thing today – because we are not the things we do.”

“We make the mistake of labeling ourselves as nouns, when we are really verbs – we are not a runner, but rather a person who runs; we’re not a writer, but a person who writes. Our sense of self doesn’t have to be bundled up with whether we did the thing today – because we are not the things we do.”

— Madeleine Dore