That she might not actually know us seemed the humblest thing a mother could admit.
AIMEE BENDERIt’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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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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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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Mom loved my brother more. Not that she didn’t love me – I felt the wash of her love every day.
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It’s a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg’s storytelling skills in American Morons.
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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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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It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we’d read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.
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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 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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When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating.
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The writing I tend to think of as ‘good’ is good because it’s mysterious.
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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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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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I knew if I ate anything of hers again, it would lkely tell me the same message: help me,
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The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
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