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> [“I called her two days later, never having believed more firmly in love at first sight, in destiny. When she laughed on the other end of the line, something inside of me cracked open, and I let her step inside.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/i-called-her-two-days-later-never-having-believed-more-firmly-in-love/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

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## More by Carmen Maria Machado

> [“She was a stranger because something essential was shielded, released in tiny bursts until it became a flood---a flood of what I realized I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/she-was-a-stranger-because-something-essential-was-shielded-released/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“Beyond the table, there is an altar, with candles lit for Billie Holiday and Willa Carter and Hypatia and Patsy Cline. Next to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/beyond-the-table-there-is-an-altar-with-candles-lit-for-billie/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“Many people live and die without ever confronting themselves in the darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/many-people-live-and-die-without-ever-confronting-themselves-in-the/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?” What I want to say: “This almost broke me, but it didn’t. It made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/what-i-say-why-did-you-leave-her-with-me-what-i-want-to-say-this/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“And there was nothing in my eyes. Or even worse -- nothingness. Not the presence of a thing but the presence of a non-thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/and-there-was-nothing-in-my-eyes-or-even-worse-nothingness-not-the/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“You never live with a woman, you live inside of her, I overheard my father say to my brother once, and it was, indeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/you-never-live-with-a-woman-you-live-inside-of-her-i-overheard-my/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“I once heard a story about a girl who requested something so vile from her paramour that he told her family and they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/i-once-heard-a-story-about-a-girl-who-requested-something-so-vile/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“That night, I wash myself. The silky suds between my legs are the color and scent of rust, but I am newer than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/that-night-i-wash-myself-the-silky-suds-between-my-legs-are-the-color/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“A feeling settles over me—a one-beer-deep feeling, a no-more-skittering-feet-after-the-trap-snaps feeling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/a-feeling-settles-over-me-a-one-beer-deep-feeling-a-no-more/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“Will I ever be done, transformed in the past tense, or will I always be transforming, better and better until I die?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/will-i-ever-be-done-transformed-in-the-past-tense-or-will-i-always-be/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“She’s like dough, how the give of it beneath kneading hands disguises its sturdiness, its potential.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/she-s-like-dough-how-the-give-of-it-beneath-kneading-hands-disguises/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“Mara, remember how you kicked sand into that neighbor child’s eyes? I yelled at you and made you apologize in your best dress, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/mara-remember-how-you-kicked-sand-into-that-neighbor-child-s-eyes-i/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“(If you read this story out loud, please use the following voices: ME: as a child, high-pitched, forgettable; as a woman, the same. THE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/if-you-read-this-story-out-loud-please-use-the-following-voices-me-as/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“When you think about it, stories have this way of running together like raindrops in a pond. Each is borne from the clouds separate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/when-you-think-about-it-stories-have-this-way-of-running-together/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

> [“I have always been a teller of stories. When I was a young girl, my mother carried me out of a grocery store as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-maria-machado/i-have-always-been-a-teller-of-stories-when-i-was-a-young-girl-my/)

[Carmen Maria Machado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-maria-machado/)

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