Marie Lopez

“I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on a map. The process of arrival is more subtle and complex. It involves acts of contrition. You must appease the gods. You must find novel forms of penance. You must tattoo your children and look at the wonder. It's about conjuring and awakening and intuitions you wish you never had.”
― Kate Braverman, Wonders of the West

“Motto"

In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel—and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.”
― Elizabeth Hardwick, Sleepless Nights

“No emotion is the final one.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit