I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son.
AIMEE BENDERI could feel the tears beginning to collect in my throat again, but I pushed them apart, away from each other. Tears are only a threat in groups.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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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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But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk over and ask me why.
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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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It’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
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It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
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The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
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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?
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It was a fleeting statement, one I didn’t think she’d hold on to; after all, she had birthed us alone, diapered and fed us, helped us with homework, kissed and hugged us, poured her love into us.
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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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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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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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That at the same time of this very intimate act of concentrating so carefully on the details of our mother’s palm and fingertips.
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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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Sometimes, she said, mostly to herself, I feel I do not know my children…
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To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.
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