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“And she will be. Because it is an art—to be black and dogged and inoffensive. She is all these things and she is embarrassed that I am not.”
― Luster
― Luster
“And when I go that way, grow fur, start howling, scratch at your airwaves: no matter who I claim I am or how I love you, turn the key. Bar the window.”
― Dearly
― Dearly
“A belief that it’s possible to let one’s guard down and enjoy the emotional knowledge that orbits a home and the memories, while not all good, that confirm her.”
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
“It is too much work to explain to them that you can stop and start again from nothing, that you can love the same person twice”
― Sorrow and Bliss
― Sorrow and Bliss
“So when it hurt and I was too proud to say stop and so said more, I believed, like a Catholic or a Tortured Artist, that the merit of a commitment correlates directly to the pain you endure in its pursuit.”
― Luster
― Luster
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