The Nest

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

“If you want people to judge you based on the inside, don’t distract them from the outside.”

“Little kids, little problems; big kids, big problems.”

breasts used to make things happen, you know? These breasts didn’t put anybody to sleep.”

I loved enough to lose; I felt enough to weep. Because when you were young enough, the stakes of love were so very small, nearly insignificant.

“Life gets hard and people bail.”