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> [“I began to invent something new: a way to hang together without pretending I was whole”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/i-began-to-invent-something-new-a-way-to-hang-together-without/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

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## More by Shelley Jackson

> [“Not that pain is the worst thing in the universe. Interesting things happen when you adapt pain for your own. This thing you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/not-that-pain-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-universe-interesting-things/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“Nobody can remember when the sperm became large enough to see, but we agree on this: once that point was reached, every generation topped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/nobody-can-remember-when-the-sperm-became-large-enough-to-see-but-we/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“There is nothing so bracing as planning a murder. I recommend it to the weak-willed and those with a leaky sense of self. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/there-is-nothing-so-bracing-as-planning-a-murder-i-recommend-it-to/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“It is a terrible thing when it is the substitute that is sent to find a new life, a sign that a person yearns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/it-is-a-terrible-thing-when-it-is-the-substitute-that-is-sent-to-find/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“I patch together a living language out of reanimated parts, like Frankenstein, and feel no disgust at scrabbling in the charnel house. Each of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/i-patch-together-a-living-language-out-of-reanimated-parts-like/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“I began to invent something new: a way to hang together without pretending I was whole”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/i-began-to-invent-something-new-a-way-to-hang-together-without/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“Cut nerves left lying on the threshing floors drift and roll and wind up all aligned with the earth's magnetic field, like iron filings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/cut-nerves-left-lying-on-the-threshing-floors-drift-and-roll-and-wind/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

> [“Feathers needed, swan preferred.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-jackson/feathers-needed-swan-preferred/)

[Shelley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-jackson/)

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