And the warmth of the music inside her, did she believe, for even one glorious second, that her passion had arrived?
AIMEE BENDERIt is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
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I’m obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s.
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Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.
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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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It was a fleeting statement, one I didn’t think she’d hold on to; after all, she had birthed us alone, diapered and fed us, helped us with homework, kissed and hugged us, poured her love into us.
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That she might not actually know us seemed the humblest thing a mother could admit.
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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 don’t think so, I don’t agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope.
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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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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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Glen Hirshberg’s stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content.
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Kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.
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Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.
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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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It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
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