Raven

“To indicate interest is already to expose oneself to humiliation. To admit the existence of a desired object is to admit that to be rejected by the desired object, to admit that the desired object's disappearance, one of the two always inevitable, even if only in death, will be painful.”
― Miranda Popkey, Topics of Conversation

“Loneliness is not about how many people you have around. It’s about whether or not you feel connected. Whether or not you’re able to be yourself.”
― Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me – A Gripping Memoir of Complicated Family Relationships

“What I’m saying is that my life, like the lives of most people, lacks an origin story. I mean one with any explanatory power. Which means that my son could turn out any way and for any reason or for no reason at all.”
― Miranda Popkey, Topics of Conversation

“Does your life feel authentically your own?”
― Adrienne Brodeur, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me