My Lesbian Novel Quotes

“R: I remember when I was younger, I didn't have many words for the things I felt. I'd write all this language around the thing but never say the thing or the thing at first remove from the thing, because that would be too close. People would find out. But because I didn't really know what I needed to say, I didn't exactly grasp what I was cloaking. So, I was never sure if I was quite cloaked.”
― Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel

“But, you see, you must remember where we are. We’re inside June. She doesn’t know she’s a novel; she’s just in her body feeling what she feels.”
― Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel

“Do you remember me?” She steps closer; we make a parenthesis.”
― Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel

“There is something about where I am in my life and how the world feels to me that I need to know where I'm going when I enter a book. I don't even watch TV anymore, other than certain episodes of Columbo. My heart can't take it. Everything is too devastating. I can't even watch sports in real time.”
― Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel

“Is this how we are? How have I not wanted this for myself all this time?”
― Renee Gladman, My Lesbian Novel