Home Making Quotes

“Or, I suppose, you could just name every place of residence the same thing, like how someone would name all the dachshunds of their lives Eleanor. You disappear the loss under a facade of continuity. Eleanor and Eleanor and Eleanor.”
― Lee Matalone, Home Making

“When people go, the things they leave behind can feel haunted. A father can take your left ventricle and a husband can take your frontal lobe, leaving behind a tea kettle, a lamp shade from Bed Bath & Beyond. A wooden spoon can hold the existential weight of a family Bible while you turn into a shell.”
― Lee Matalone, Home Making

“If never sated, some affections can live on for years, dormant yet capable of being awoken at the stroke of a key, the dispatch of a text message.”
― Lee Matalone, Home Making