Vivian

“as she slept, her period came because bodies know nothing about timing, bodies, awful bodies. They put a Rorschach between your thighs and stain your sheets to remind you that all you’re doing is bleeding and dying if you’re not making more life. That”
― Catherine Lacey, The Answers

“I thought that if I could ever do a background check on myself, I knew exactly what I'd do with it. I wouldn't even read it, just take it somewhere sacred and set it on fire.”
― Catherine Lacey, The Answers

“I got used to it, in a way, being this sack of skin full of problems, because having a body doesn't give you the right to have one that works correctly. Having a body doesn't seem to give you any rights at all.”
― Catherine Lacey, The Answers