It’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
AIMEE BENDERWhen language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating.
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Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
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I don’t think so, I don’t agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope.
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I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
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Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows.
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You can ruin anything if you focus at it.
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Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room lamp had become a kind of radiant babysitter all its own.
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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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When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating.
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As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.
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That’s the thing with handmade items. They still have the person’s mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.
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The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
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She is the first gesture that creates a quiet that is full enough to make the baby sleep. My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen.
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I want to be violated by insight.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
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You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.
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