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“i find it so bizarre that i occupy space, and that i am seen by other people. i feel like i am falling through space and Eleanor just threw me a rose. Its such a sweet, pointless gesture. It would be less devastating to fall through space alone, without someone else falling next to me. whenever someone does something nice for me, I feel intensely aware of how strange and sad it is to know someone.
she beams. "of couse i remember the things you say.”
― Emily Austin

“Throughout my life men had been pushing theri big fingers into my mouth and although I went along with it I always thought "Are you out of your mind? What should I put in there next? Your shoe? How about I just lick the pavement?”
― Miranda July, All Fours

“All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”
― Miranda July, It Chooses You

“We live so many lives within our lives – smaller lives with people who come and go, friends who disappear, children who grow up – and I never know which of these lives is meant to serve as the frame.”
― Ia Genberg, The Details