I waved, smiled meekly. I didn’t mind being alone—really, I didn’t—but I hated the way it made others see me.
“I guess that’s what life should feel like. Setting off on a long car ride with all your worries and hopes strapped around you, the people who love you most, frantically waving you off as you go.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“My mother is like a hummingbird in that if she stops moving, even for a moment, she will surely die.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“No expectations. No preferences. If you prefer one outcome over another in life, you will likely be disappointed. I prefer nothing and am always surprised.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“What did I tell you about what other people think?” asks my mother. “‘So what?’” I say. “Exactly.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“Why did she feel the need to make everyone, even this waiter, like her? What a thing it must be to be indifferent to indifference.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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