sam

“This feels to her what separates her universe and Shaun’s–a tree made by the hand of nature, and a tree made by the hand of an artist. It’s barely any difference at all, and the profoundest difference in the world.”
― Samantha Harvey, Orbital

“Those two mattresses pushed together formed our raft: we were alone in the world, in the middle of an imaginary ocean.”
― Maud Ventura, My Husband

“It’s so obvious now: people show most of who they are up front. It just takes someone to really watch.”
― Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

“In return he offered up the saga of his dating life, the invisible oppression of being a narrow-shouldered man under patriarchy.”
― Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection