“We compare our thighs in the reflection of doors and people tell us that’s where our value lies.”
― Saltwater
― Saltwater
“I like knowing that my problems exist within a large and respected tradition of problems. That ever since the beginning of civilization, humans have been very upset.”
― Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance
― Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance
“Blessed are the parents whose final words on leaving—the house, the car, the least consequential phone call—are always “I love you.” They will leave behind children who are lost and still found, broken and, somehow, still whole.”
― Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
― Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
“For now just remember how you felt the day you were born: desperate for magic, ready to love.”
― What Kind of Woman
― What Kind of Woman
“Maybe we're just born to love and worry about the people we know, and to go on loving and worrying even when there are more important things we should be doing. And if that means the human species is going to die out, isn't it in a way a nice reason to die out, the nicest reason you can imagine? Because when we should have been reorganising the distribution of the world's resources and transitioning collectively to a sustainable economic model, we were worrying about sex and friendship instead. Because we loved each other too much and found each other too interesting. And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive - because we are so stupid about each other.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
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