Melanie Wilson

“Like many shy people, once he began talking he seemed not to know how to stop; he lacked the social sleight of hand to change the subject, and he had no idea how to engage another person. Like a runaway vehicle, he plunged on, heedless.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Sourland

“And then I notice the music flooding out of every part of the apartment at once — the couch, the walls, even the floor — and I know Bennies alone in Lou’s studio, pouring music down around us. A minute ago it was “Don’t Let Me Down”. Then it was Blondie’s “Heart of Glass”. Now it’s Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger”. Listening, I think, You will never know how much I understand you.”
― Jennifer Egan

“In all marriages there is the imbalance: one who loves more than the other. One who licks wounds in secret, the rust-taste of blood.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Sourland

“Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.”
― Naomi Wolf