Lost Cat Quotes

“Who decides which… deaths are tragic and which are not? Who decides what is big and what is little? Is it a matter of numbers or physical mass or intelligence? If you are a little creature or a little person dying alone and in pain, you may not remember or know that you are little. If you are in enough pain, you may not remember who or what you are; you may know only your suffering, which is immense… What decides – common sense? Can common sense dictate such things?”
― Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat

“Human love is grossly flawed, and even when it isn’t, people routinely misunderstand it, reject it, use it or manipulate it. It is hard to protect a person you love from pain because people often choose pain; I am a person who often chooses pain.”
― Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat

“If you walk around acting like you don’t care for long enough, people will start to believe you. If you really don’t care, then people who do care will leave your life and people who don’t care will come into it. And if that happens, you will find yourself in a very terrible place.”
― Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat

“È difficile proteggere qualcuno dal dolore, perchè ci sono persone che lo scelgono.”
― Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat

“Common sense is an excellent guide to social structures – but does it ever have anything to do with who or what moves you?”
― Mary Gaitskill, Lost Cat