The Mare Quotes

“Her mouth smiled, smiled hard, but her eyes did not smile, ever. Her eyes watched and looked for something they knew they’d never find.”
― Mary Gaitskill, The Mare

“They say dogs are man’s best friend,” he said. “But horses are man’s best slave.”
― Mary Gaitskill, The Mare

“The singer's voice is thin and fake, but it's pretty, and somewhere in the fakery is the true sadness of smallness and failure and believing in beautiful things that aren't real because that's the only way to get through.”
― Mary Gaitskill, The Mare

“girl,”
― Mary Gaitskill, The Mare

“early breasts”
― Mary Gaitskill, The Mare