There’s a gift in your lap and it’s beautifully wrapped and it’s not your birthday.
AIMEE BENDERI felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
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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 writing I tend to think of as ‘good’ is good because it’s mysterious.
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I want to be violated by insight.
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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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A Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there.
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I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
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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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You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.
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It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
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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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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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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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