It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
AIMEE BENDERLarge meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.
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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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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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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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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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It’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
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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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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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I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q…
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I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
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My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.
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That 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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To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.
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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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