It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.
AIMEE BENDER- I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son.
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- black
- grey
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- red
- brown
- white
I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.
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That she might not actually know us seemed the humblest thing a mother could admit.
AIMEE BENDERThat she might not actually know us seemed the humblest thing a mother could admit.
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While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
AIMEE BENDERI 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.
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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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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I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
AIMEE BENDERBut the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
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My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.
AIMEE BENDERMy eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.
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I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
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It’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
AIMEE BENDERIt’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
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If everything kept to its normal progression, we would live with the sadness-cry and then walk-but what really breaks us cleanest are the losses that happen out of order.
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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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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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You can ruin anything if you focus at it.
AIMEE BENDERYou can ruin anything if you focus at it.
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Sometimes, she said, mostly to herself, I feel I do not know my children…
AIMEE BENDERSometimes, she said, mostly to herself, I feel I do not know my children…
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