Switch Quotes

“Men eat women, Truda. It is fact of the world.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“Carrie has been on antidepressants for six months. She’s gained eighteen pounds. The people who point out this weight gain to her far outnumber the people who ask how she’s feeling today, or if she feels like dying anymore.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“The hardest thing about talking about Trust, we learn for the third time, is that all of our minds go to lack of Trust because we feel we have experienced that more than Trust.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“Dish-doing is his old-world way to show affection / model teamwork. It’s the way he hugs. Continental-style table manners are how he shows love.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“Giving a shit about people isn’t easy until you give a shit about yourself / secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others. Or something like that.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“When there is no time, life is a treasure hunt. Even if the treasure is ugly or dirty or feels like grit in your eye. When there is no time, everything else matters.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PAST
Serve it with lemons and curdled milk
with shortbread biscuits
make the day gray
spots of rain.
Make a quilt out of the villains
crochet the heroes together in a hat
Wear the hat. Use the quilt
as a picnic blanket.
Bring your friends.
Watch the squirrels be tiny monkeys
dare-deviling the trees.
Exclaim things!
Each lemon, sup of tea, cookie
is a bite into the future /
will digest, exit, and swim.
Digest. Exit. Swim.
Drink the curdled milk and get sick
watch your friends clean up
hold your hair back / hat on
hand you a tissue.
When you wash the vomit
out of the villainous quilt
each time it gets weaker
Picnic often.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“The house is turning because it knows we’re coming for it.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“Ellie thinks we’ll get in trouble,” she says. “We might.” “You don’t seem to care,” she says. “I live in a plywood tilt-a-whirl, Carrie.”
― A.S. King, Switch

“She laughs, and I know that her parents are breaking up every day and trying to stay together every day,”
― A.S. King, Switch

“I think the idea is gelling: Put five people in a room and make them concentrate on one emotion for an hour a day, and they can better handle that emotion going forward. This also improves their ability to give a shit about other people.”
― A.S. King, Switch