“I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances”

“If I gave my mother a knitted scarf she'd be worried I was wasting my time doing stupid stuff like knitting instead of school work. Presenting a homemade knitted object to my parents was actually like handing them a detailed backlog of my idleness.”

“Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they to change themselves to improve their circumstances.”

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”

“I knit the afternoon away. I knit reasons for Elijah to come back. I knit apologies for Emma. I knit angry knots and slipped stitches for every mistake I ever made, and I knit wet, swollen stitches that look awful. I knit the sun down.”

“The objectivity of the IPCC documents is laudable. But the fact that the group recognizes its model weaknesses and is trying to improve them doesn't make its conclusions stronger or more believable.”

“The starting point for improvement is to recognize the need.”

“Improvement demands a commitment to growth long after the mood in which it was made has passed.”

“I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.”

“Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.”