I give boring people something to discuss over corn.
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.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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The writing I tend to think of as ‘good’ is good because it’s mysterious.
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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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It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.
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Sometimes, she said, mostly to herself, I feel I do not know my children…
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Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
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You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.
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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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I want to be violated by insight.
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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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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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We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street.
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I’m obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s.
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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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When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating.
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