Glendon Frank

“Sadness is what holds our bones in place.”
― Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows

“He looked sad and happy at the same time. That's a popular adult look. Because adults are busy and have to do everything at once, even feel things.”
― Miriam Toews, Fight Night

“They stole it from us. It was. . .our tragedy! Which is our humanity. We need those things. We need tragedy, which is the need to love and the need. . .not just the need, the imperative, the human imperative. . .to experience joy. To find joy and to create joy. All through the night. The fight night.”
― Miriam Toews, Fight Night

“She says Mom does the emotional work for the whole family, feeling everything ten times harder than is necessary so the rest of us can act normal.”
― Miriam Toews, Fight Night