Ali Self

“not a messy anatomical chest full of longing. Full of blood and beating and grief.”
― Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things

“I can still feel all that rage sloshing around. Even the word wife. I just picture all of us stirring oatmeal at the stove, knee-deep in everybody’s diapers and feelings.”
― Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things

“I just mean that Edith doesn’t want to die—she’s not fully at peace with the idea—so she might not come to anything that feels satisfying. She might not make meaning of her life and death. She might, of course. I mean, we always hope for that because it makes us feel better. But she might not.”
― Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things

“They lost all of their teeth under this roof! They lost all of their baby fat! They turned skinny and pimply and furious, and then sleek and kind and hilarious.”
― Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things