I knew you could find a certain relief in begging God, it had helped me, but on the other hand, God never answered directly and that was always depressing. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share Image
“The story of Adam and Eve has less to do with evil than the cosmic human sadness that relationships are never straightforward, never pure… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
A good biography is the richest experience. When you watch a TV series together with someone is like being in a novel with them. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
I knew you could find a certain relief in begging God, it had helped me, but on the other hand, God never answered directly… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
As a child I made a pact with my mother. I agreed that we were doomed, that she and I abided together in a… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
When you write you have to reside in the unknown for as long as possible. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
The problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
I always think to myself, being human, having crushes now, what is it about that person that I really want? What do they represent?… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
“For awhile, staring at my paper bag of clothes, my freaked-out eyes in the mirror behind the bar, I convinced myself I would go… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
You’ll see, there are a million ways to kill off the soft parts of yourself. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
I think unknowing is the most important theological idea for me. Unlearning the things you think you know. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
Everything was new, now I’m a junkie, I seem to need more severe doses of experience to feel anything. — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
“Relationships are like wall paper patterns, you think your moving forward but your always caught in your own obsessions.” — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
“What is love but a nostalgia for someones history? Their boyhood haunts and sullen adolescence, their teenage trips cross-country and fights with their fathers… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
“Sex is a kind of alchemy. It's the one thing other than death that if used properly can change everything, like that first night… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
“I thought of happy endings, how novelists usually flinched. To admit your characters are doomed means you are too.” — Darcey Steinke Copy Share
