“Eat,” my mother says. “And then we’ll figure out what to do next.” Her we sounds nice—not like the we of What are we going to do with you? This we implies that I am not alone, that we are… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“Do you ever think about how your name doesn't fit you? I mean, you're usually Kit in my head, but really I think your… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“Instead of trying to watch it happen differently, why don't you try to not watch it at all?” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“They seem to understand that the world is a big, diverse place, and that different is not the same thing as scary. It’s amazing… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“Miney says: “Mom is a closet weirdo, and dad is a closet normal, and that’s why they work.” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“I think about what it would be like to kiss her, to touch my fingertip to her clavicle cluster, to not worry about our… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“I think David was the one who kicked ass today,” I say. “Literally and figuratively,” David says. “I’ve never seen anything like it. He… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“SN: how’s your day, Ms. Holmes? Me: Not bad. Yours? SN: good. been doing my homework in listicle form, because, you know, anything to… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“ I hear my mom in my head, for just a second, since her voice has mostly evaporated—water to air, or maybe disintegrated, dirt to… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“This is the opposite of love, I realize, when I look over and see my empty couch, see right through my imaginary companions. The… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“Annie: I wonder if when he talks dirty, he gets all science-y. Oooh, your matter makes my particles throb.” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“And now that I've been exposed to this feeling, perfect mouth against perfect mouth, the natural order of things, I wonder why people don't… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“You’ve got it all wrong, man. It’s not like that,” Ethan says, puts his hands down and into his pocket. He pulls out his… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“I'd love to go to Girl Dylan's part with you," I say, quickly accepting before Kit can rescind her invitation. If I didn't know… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
“Though everyone I knew seemed to be either settling down or looking to settle down, I was never on a deep-sea fishing expedition to… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share
