‘There’s this world,’ she banged the wall graphically, ‘and there’s this world,’ she thumped her chest. ‘If you want to make sense of either, you have to take notice of both.’
“You certainly can be allergic to milk, and probably have been all your life. Descendants of people from countries who herded dairy animals and lived on a dairy diet are usually tolerant to milk. Their intestines contain the enzyme lactase that breaks down milk sugar or lactose. Now those whose ancestors never used milk are usually intolerant.”
― Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories
― Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories
“Lesbians discussed the dehumanizing aspect of American technology, in French.”
― Play It as It Lays
― Play It as It Lays
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
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