Saint Mazie Quotes

“We all lose sometimes. Life’s plenty easy when you’re winning. It’s what you do when you’re down. That’s the real test.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“There ain't nothing wrong with being alone, which is what I am, or what I have been. It's when it turns to loneliness, when you get to feeling blue about it all, that you're in trouble. There's the problem, loneliness.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“I let the sun hit me. The sun’s some kind of gift. Another day we’re all alive. I wish she could understand. I’m just happy to be alive.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“His words are so slippery they might slide right off the page.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“If someone loves you, go home to them.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“Everyone always thinks of ghosts as being invisible or like air but they take up so much space in a room, you’ve no idea.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“If you can't see the beauty in the dirt then I feel sorry for you. And if you can't see why these streets are special, then just go home already.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“there’s just so many goddamn things we never get to know. We’re not entitled to all the truth.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“I would never blame anyone for wishing for something more from this life.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“But I get it; it's a way to mark time. When your life's too busy, it forces you to check in with yourself. Or when it feels all the same all the time, maybe it can make you feel special.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“These people all woke up this morning and reminded themselves to be human beings. Not everyone knows how to do that. No vermin, my people. Real human beings.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“Sometimes blessings are indiscriminate.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“All anyone ever wants is to be desired, but especially girls like us, the ones with the meanest father in the world”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“Losing streaks. If you get on one, you can't let it throw you off. You have to ride it out. We all go through them.
I said: Even you?
He said: Everyone. No one is special in this life. We all lose sometimes. Life's plenty easy when you're winning. It's what you do when you're down. That's the real test.
I said: I used to think I was special.
He said: I know.
I wanted him to tell me I still was. I would have eaten my left pinky to hear it. Torn it off with my teeth. But you can't ask someone to tell you that.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“How would you like it if someone you cared about just disappeared on you?”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“She cracked a window and put on some stew.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie

“my hand, I said her name.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie