No outside danger could terrify me as much as the workings of my own brain – it can scare me better than anybody.
“How did God hear so many different voices all at once, I wondered.
He must have amazing ears, I thought.
And be very good at languages.
And also feel like he's losing his mind.”
― All My Mothers
He must have amazing ears, I thought.
And be very good at languages.
And also feel like he's losing his mind.”
― All My Mothers
“I now realise that the reason adults don’t mention death is because they are worked up about it, not because they’re not. It’s not too small to mention – it’s too big.”
― All My Mothers
― All My Mothers
“You don’t get over death,’ I said. ‘You swallow it inside you. And your grief forms a layer of you. Because that’s what we are, layer on layer of experience,”
― All My Mothers
― All My Mothers
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