“We haven’t even been married for twenty-four hours. Praying mantises have longer honeymoon periods.”
― Bride
― Bride
“Am I? Under your protection?” “You’re my wife.”
― Bride
― Bride
“Maybe there is something devastating about the incompleteness of it. But maybe, just knowing that the other person is there . . .” His throat bobs. “There might be pleasure in that, too. The satisfaction of knowing that something beautiful exists.” His lips open and close a few times, as though he can only find the right words by shaping them first to himself. “Maybe some things transcend reciprocity. Maybe not everything is about having.”
― Bride
― Bride
“We should have loved her back, openly and without apology, but between the teen heart and the teen brain, only so much gets done.”
― We Ride Upon Sticks
― We Ride Upon Sticks
“I have no friends, no hobbies, and no real purpose aside from earning enough money to pay rent in order to … exist, I guess.”
― Bride
― Bride
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