This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us Quotes

“How confused they were when they saw how much I’d grown. Like, ‘Should we scorn her because she’s a kid? Or should we objectify her because she’s a woman? What kind of shit should we make her feel like?’ ”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

“It was the chuckle of ultimate truth, the smile of an actress right after the director says cut, the intimate joy of seeing the other's soul naked and acknowledging yours is naked too.”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

“She was courteous but not condescending, a treatment children welcome as unusual. Her bearing reminded Ursula of one of those women who are sometimes interviewed on TV, with a caption pointing out to younger audiences that they are magical and did great things in the past, like Julie Andrews or Madonna. Her waist was set high, and she had the kind of stance that said, I was a sexy blonde once, but also the wrinkled forehead and the glint of an intelligence never patronized by Bridget Jones or Carrie Bradshaw that added, And luckily, I got over it.”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

“Ursula ta-daed back before their eyes, her noodle legs looking like Hellboy’s right fist, ending in heavy-armored sneakers.”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

“We’re each other’s antipodes.”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

“Kimrean sighted purple caged dancers, mud wrestlers, tattooed devils, G-stringed Atlases erected like Pillars of Hercules out of a liquid crowd waving in worship of ancient twerk masters summoning cellulite tsunamis.”
― Edgar Cantero, This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us