“Your life is the people who fill it," Mel says. "And nothing's good without them.” — 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 always will be. Which I think is a good thing. It’s like I said earlier. You make your head a hospitable place to be, you might never want to leave it. But if you’re trapped in… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share
“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
