“Last day I saw him human, he was sad about the world.” LifeSadnessHuman Book:The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Source: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
“And because circumstances rarely match, and one afternoon can be a patchwork of both joy and horror, the taste of the soup washed through me” LifeRealityCircumstancesRedemptionSoupSinsWashing Away Author:Aimee Bender
“I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son; she is the first gesture that creates a quiet that is full enough to make the baby sleep. My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen.” LifeFirstsEnoughMotherSleepSonBabyQuietBandStructureDistanceGenesGesturesApologyRopeMeadowsUnspokenAmenRubberMother And SonRubber BandsSleeping Baby Author:Aimee Bender
“It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It's the mathematical logic of being alive. If everything kept to its normal progression, we would live with the sadness-cry and then walk-but what really breaks us cleanest are the losses that happen out of order.” IfsLifeHappensOrderLossWalksNumbersBreakAliveSadnessCryNormalLogicMathematicalSequenceProgressionMathematical Logic Author:Aimee Bender
