“As for me, I believe that if there's a God - and I am as neutral on the subject as is possible - then the most basic proof of His existence is black humor. What else explains it, that odd, reliable comfort that billows up at the worst moments, like a beautiful sunset woven out of the smoke over a bombed city.” IfsBelieveMomentsBeautifulI BelieveBlackCitiesExistenceWorstSubjectsComfortProofSmokeOddSunsetWovenBlack HumorWorst MomentsBeautiful Sunset Author:Elizabeth McCracken
“For some people, history is simply what your wife looks good standing in front of. It’s what’s cast in bronze, or framed in sepia tones, or acted out with wax dummies and period furniture. It takes place in glass bubbles filled with water and chunks of plastic snow; it’s stamped on souvenir pencils and summarized in reprint newspapers. History nowadays is recorded in memorabilia. If you can’t purchase a shopping bag that alludes to something, people won’t believe it ever happened.” PeopleIfsBelieveLooksWaterWifeHappenedFrontsPeriodsStandingFilledCastsGlassesNewspapersSnowToneBagsShoppingBubblesPlasticPencilsFurnitureChunksFramedBronzeSouvenirsDummyMemorabilia Author:Elizabeth McCracken
“Can I tell you something? It wasn't so bad. Not so bad at all right then, me scowling at the dirt, James in his bed, the way it always always was. Look, if that's all that happened, if his dying just meant that I would be waiting for him to say something instead of listening to him say something, it would have been fine.” IfsWayLooksHas BeensWould BeWaitingHappenedDyingListeningFineBedDirt Author:Elizabeth McCracken
