Blob Quotes

“All the mistakes I made because I wanted to prove to myself what I never fully believed: that I belonged, that I was worthy.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I hear the petulance in my voice. It's surprising even to me how I revert back to a kid when I talk to her. All I need to complete the transformation is boy band lyrics written in sharpie on my wrist.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I just know his type. I'm the one who 'gets him' but he doesn't care about getting me. I'm just his container.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“Luke always liked horror movies. His favorite was The Shining. A wannabe writer travels to the Overlook Hotel for a winter with his wife and kid and goes mad.

"Is he possessed by a spirit or is that just what he's like?" I asked as Jack Nicholson's face contorted into a scary grin, his eyebrows arched into right angles.

"I don't know. That's what makes it scary." Luke said.

"I wish there was a real monster." I said after the movie ended, "Monsters are comforting compared to humans.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I didn't engage with him at that point, instead telling him the story of when I was little and thought I could lose weight by sweating. I covered myself in blankets, turned off the attic's AC unit and sweated for hours.
"At some point, I couldn't take it anymore. I went downstairs and chugged three glasses of water."
"You could have hurt yourself doing that," Luke said.
"No one noticed, and I never told anyone. I wasn't ashamed that I did it. I was ashamed that I stopped. I didn't want it bad enough.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I’m sorry,” I say. I can’t pinpoint exactly what I’m sorry for. Creating him, using him, trapping him? Maybe I didn’t take into account the world I placed him in, the way that even the best-looking life can test you, beat you to dust.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“The summer I discovered romance novels and masturbation was the hottest on record—”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“It's not a poetic compliment, but I like it. It feels honest.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I'm exhausted from the effort it takes to worry about someone else.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“I want to pick something filling, but not too many calories because then I'll have to calculate how it affects subsequent meals.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story

“My parents are so different, it's difficult to believe that they ever found each other.”
― Maggie Su, Blob: A Love Story