I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
AIMEE BENDERIf 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.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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You can ruin anything if you focus at it.
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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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Sometimes, she said, mostly to herself, I feel I do not know my children…
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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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Kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.
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It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
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The most so far, because she found the saddest thing of all to be the simple truth of her capacity to move on.
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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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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.
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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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It’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
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You’re the perfect girl’, he said, rubbing his chin. ‘You expect nothing.
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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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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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