Krista Stevens, Author at Longreads

When I Met the Pope

“Imagine an Irish Catholic bishop telling you that you have no chill.”

“Mukherjee was fascinated with cells early on. But then he was interested in so many things.”

“When he opens the bedroom window, there’s smoke billowing past his head. The next thing he recalls is waking up outside to a nightmare.”

“But so far, we had cleared all the hurdles, my baby and I.”

“I buy ice cream because a household should have it, the way my grandmother bought wine.”

“And then they told Holby the rest of the news. Finney, all four pounds of wriggling and barking and bug-eating energy, was alive.”

“During sex, the drone’s phallus explodes, killing him immediately. His purpose singular and disposable, his role complete.”

“Little was known of Canada jays before Dan Strickland took an interest 50 years ago.”

“So maybe the thing to teach isn’t a skill but a spirit.”

“I believe we must reinvent loneliness in order to survive it. I have been trying to do this my whole life.”