It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It’s the mathematical logic of being alive.
AIMEE BENDERI watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It’s the mathematical logic of being alive.
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I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.
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I want to be violated by insight.
AIMEE BENDERI want to be violated by insight.
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And the warmth of the music inside her, did she believe, for even one glorious second, that her passion had arrived?
AIMEE BENDERAnd the warmth of the music inside her, did she believe, for even one glorious second, that her passion had arrived?
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When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.
AIMEE BENDERWhen the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.
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I give boring people something to discuss over corn.
AIMEE BENDERI give boring people something to discuss over corn.
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
AIMEE BENDERMy lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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It’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
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I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
AIMEE BENDERI felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
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I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item of food I could because my clothes would be staying on.
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My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen.” – Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)
AIMEE BENDERMy genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen.” – Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)
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It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we’d read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.
AIMEE BENDERIt was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we’d read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.
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Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
AIMEE BENDERNot getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
AIMEE BENDERMom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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and I get refill number three or four and the wine is making my bones loose and it’s giving my hair a red sheen and my breasts are blooming and my eyes feel sultry and wise and the dress is water.
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Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.
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