The Book of X Quotes

“My throat is so full of love and sorrow that no more words come out. I can't breathe and I know nothing, looking into the heart of the future, the relentless oncoming of death.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“He moves his body around mine and presses, wraps his arms and one leg around me, buries his face into the back of my neck.

I exhale and go another type of soft, a softness unrecorded before, I sink back into him, rest my body on his thighs, chest, more. He holds tighter, tighter, and then the loneliness gets small, smaller, smallest until it is a pinprick, an inverse star, a dust.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“The beast in my heart rests, calm, fangs in. A slow spool of silver thread unwinds in my bloodstream, a shiver of pleasure.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“Hello,” I say. “Hey there. You come here often?” he asks. “No, I usually just stay home and cry in bed,” I say.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“I begin to save some coins in my underwear drawer each week. I save for a vague future that I cannot imagine, but which I feel coming down on me with the pressure of a burgeoning storm.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“Always, I am standing outside of myself while I watch my other self complete these tasks. I report back with updates: We are eating chicken. We are sharpening our minds. We are expanding our skill sets. One day, someone will happen upon us and love us genuinely and truly for these motions.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X

“I UNPACK MY LIFE INTO NEW arrangements.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X