Emily

“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.”
― Cookie Mueller, Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories

“Lesbians discussed the dehumanizing aspect of American technology, in French.”
― Joan Didion, Play It as It Lays