Studying Hunger Quotes

“I was rolling around in them, demanding things, special ones, strawberry cupcakes, my favorite, I was lying in them at the bakery, forging desires I didnt even have for the sheer joy of demanding, of making demands all night, baking all night, all for me, to lie in, to destroy the half I couldn’t eat.”
― Bernadette Mayer, Studying Hunger

“My life continues to be idyllic & I follow the tracks of an old man in the snow, every day, and, as far as he goes, I go. He cannot speak, and when we finally meet, he introduces me to his dog by barking.”
― Bernadette Mayer, Studying Hunger

“At the shop we shopped for derangement, but how can you make a sale to yourself: you can only steal.”
― Bernadette Mayer, Studying Hunger