This is why everyone who eats a Whopper leaves a little more depressed than they were when they came in. Nobody cooked that burger.
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I 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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This is why everyone who eats a Whopper leaves a little more depressed than they were when they came in. Nobody cooked that burger.
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I want to be violated by insight.
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We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street.
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I have had with novel writing, and I have put to bed big chunks of work that just didn’t sustain my interest.
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I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
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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.
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Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the 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.
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We’re all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there’s too much thought and not enough heart.
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I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.
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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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