“But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here - and you haven't died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol on… — Melissa Banks Copy Share Image
“You are making it harder than it has to be," she says. I say, "And should I forgive him because it would be easier?"… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“It doesn't work like that," she said, and I was hoping she would tell me how it did work. Maybe she could see that,… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“Does he make you happy?" "Sure", I said. He told me I didn't know what real happiness was. "You have to shrink yourself to… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here - and you haven't… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“Something changed then. I saw my life in scale: it was just my life. It was not momentous, and only now did I recognize… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“I tried to go back and talk about what I did know. I told her about one girl he'd brought home from Cornell; I'd… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
“He went to the bar and stood there a while. But he was in the way of people getting their drinks. He moved to… — Melissa Banks Copy Share
