“A small man still seems to me to be a man, he wrote, whereas a small woman appears to me to belong to a new type of animal.”
― The Elementary Particles
― The Elementary Particles
“I’m realizing that so much of my existence was focused on outrunning what seemed to be a preordained fate of loneliness. Even on that first date with Gus, which ended up being genuinely amazing, I still couldn’t fully relax. I was still running.”
― Just by Looking at Him
― Just by Looking at Him
“he’s flighty, he dithers, he’s cruel, he’s an egotist, he has base habits, but you should appreciate him, first of all, if only because there are those who are far worse.”
― Demons
― Demons
“In her garret, Divine lived only on tea and grief.”
― Our Lady of the Flowers
― Our Lady of the Flowers
“I didn’t want to wonder what parts of myself I’d have to stifle so we could still make sense, so we could still have someone to watch TV with and know there’d always be someone to call the second something interesting happened to either of us.”
― Just by Looking at Him
― Just by Looking at Him
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