We Were the Universe Quotes

“We store our childhood homes in our bodies—we know just where on the wall to feel for a light switch, which of the floorboards creak.”
― Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

“Nobody knows me, but they still need me, all of them.”
― Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

“It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering world of conversational topics emerges.”
― Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

“The art girl gently explained light and dark to me. She tilted her head, brought her long hand to hover close to my failure. She said, “Can I?” and in my notebook she flipped to the first blank page, pinched a nub of charcoal. She made her case with a sketch of those famous, about-to-kiss vase people, and I let my heart go wild with the thought that something might happen between us.  ”
― Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe