Memory Piece Quotes

“The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“Giselle wondered how important it was to have a complicated life in addition to making your art.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“If you did not maintain the days, what proof would you have of your existence, time passing?”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“Giselle’s features solidified. Whether she was beautiful, hot, pretty, or none of the above changed according to who was doing the looking and to whom she was being compared. Beauty was relative, reflective; you learned early to rank and code, to tally appearance and desirability in seconds, a subconscious algorithm that input body parts, clothing, attitude, makeup.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“Something about absolutes, the cultish nature of them, made her wary of unconditional loyalty to sports teams, politicians, alma maters, never mind nation.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“Conscious and not-conscious. This would become her private superpower, the ability to escape herself, to circumvent expectations.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

“lecturey condescension.”
― Lisa Ko, Memory Piece