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Io knew she was lucky. People with two good legs were lucky too, but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t hurt if one of those legs got caught in a bear trap. The things that made you lucky could also be the things that made you suffer. Io wished
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“Why do you want to hide it from me?'
'I'm not hiding it. It just isn't yours.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
'I'm not hiding it. It just isn't yours.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“I took a step toward her. "It is my right to reside in my own mind. It is my right," I said. "It is my right to be unsociable and it is my right to be unpleasant to be around. Do you ever listen to yourself? This is crazy, that is crazy, everything is crazy to you. By whose measure? Well, it is my right to be crazy, as you love to say so much. I have no shame. I have felt many things in my life, but shame is not among them." The volume of my voice caused me to stand on my tiptoes. I could not remember yelling like this, ever. "You may think that I have an obligation to you but I assure you that us being thrown together in this arbitrary arrangement does not cohesion make. I have never had less of an obligation to anyone in my life, you aggressively ordinary woman.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
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