Lili Wright > Quotes

“Though the little voices cautioned it was time to settle, settle in, settle for, settle down, I muzzled these mutterings. One more love affair before marriage. One more trip before stagnation. One more adventure before I turn in my car keys and close the front door.”
― Lili Wright

“She wore black, the color of nuns and witches, the color of the loneliest corners of outer space, where gravity prevents all light from escaping, the name given to boxes tucked into airplanes, the ones that explain the disaster.”
― Lili Wright, Dancing with the Tiger

“At the red light, I looked around. Some guy in the next car had his window down and was giving me the once-over. Sometimes I get embarrassed when people catch me singing, particularly when I'm crying at the same time. But today, here, in the first moments of my New Beginning, I didn't give a shit. ”
― Lili Wright, Learning to Float: The Journey of a Woman, a Dog, and Just Enough Men

“I've worn a mask most of my life. Most people do. As a little girl, I covered my face with my hands, figuring if I couldn't see my father, he couldn't see me. When this didn't work, I hid behind Halloween masks: clowns and witches and Ronald McDonald. Years later, when I went to Mexico, I understood just how far a mask can take you. In the dusty streets, villagers turned themselves into jaguars, hyenas, the devil himself. For year,s I thought wearing a mask was a way to start over, become someone new. Now I know better.”
― Lili Wright, Dancing with the Tiger

“One day, I want to make a book of photographs of only clotheslines.” “You think it is beautiful, and all they want is a dryer.”
― Lili Wright, Dancing with the Tiger

“Anna typed: No quiero verte ni en pintura. I don’t want to see you even in a painting.”
― Lili Wright, Dancing with the Tiger