Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.
AIMEE BENDERThe writing I tend to think of as ‘good’ is good because it’s mysterious.
More Aimee Bender Quotes
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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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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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The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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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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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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You’re the perfect girl’, he said, rubbing his chin. ‘You expect nothing.
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With my hand in his, I looked at all the apartment buildings with rushes of love, peering in the wide streetside windows that revealed living rooms painted in dark burgandies and matte reds.
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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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But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk over and ask me why.
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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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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 is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It’s the mathematical logic of being alive.
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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’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
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