But what I kept wondering about is this: that first second when she felt her skirt burning, what did she think?
AIMEE BENDERI knew if I ate anything of hers again, it would lkely tell me the same message: help me,
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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The stories themselves haunt, they stick around, they linger, inhabiting a little corner of the reader’s brain and resurfacing to evoke mystery or sadness or longing.
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Glen Hirshberg’s stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content.
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I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
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Before she knew it was candles, did she think she’d done it herself? With the amazing turns of her hips.
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Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn’t appreciate getting to know it all so strong and early.
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When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating.
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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
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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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It’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
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I am not happy, help me — like a message in a bottle sent in each meal to the eater, and I got it. I got the message.
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I knew if I ate anything of hers again, it would lkely tell me the same message: help me,
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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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