“There’s a lot that can bring two people together, it occurs to me. They may, unawares, have entire conversations that do not take place in words. They may never know, themselves, what is admitted, what is declared. What binds.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Hey you,” I say. “You okay? Everything in one piece in there?” He smiles tightly. “I have a good life. I’m in therapy, probably… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Anything that makes you in that way, anything that makes you hurt and hungry in that way, is worth investigating. No matter how disgusting… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“More truth: I have an infatuation problem. It’s not just Beardsley. It’s all of them. I’ve felt this for a hundred other men—the rush… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“It happens to you while you are asleep inside. The world in which we work is a place where no one is a ghost,… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“feel myself light up, like I do every time I hear an outside assessment of how I seem.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“There’s a lot that can bring two people together, it occurs to me. They may, unawares, have entire conversations that do not take place… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“The less I could do, the more I wanted. Wanted things I couldn’t have and I wanted things I couldn’t even think up yet,… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“Your life is the people who fill it," Mel says. "And nothing's good without them.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
