Gerald

“Love confirms who a person is, and that they are worth loving. Politics do not confirm who a person is. People might claim to believe in this or that, but in the four a.m. version of themselves, most possess no fixed idea on how society should be organized. When people face themselves, alone, the passions they have been busy performing”
― Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

“of opinions and “beliefs,” is a substance that is pure and stubborn and consistent. It is a hard, white salt. This salt is the core. The four a.m. reality of being.”
― Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

“In my own salt, my own core, this is what I knew: Life goes on a while. Then it ends. There is no fairness.”
― Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake