“It’s all so messed up. I think what it is, is that when I was young, my mother was her best version of herself. And here I am, now, a shitty grown-up, and messing it all up, and a disappointment.… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“What imperfect carriers of love we are, and what imperfect givers. That the reasons we can care for one another can have nothing to do with the person cared for. That it has only to do with who we were… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“Here's the fear: she gave to us, and we took from her, until she disappeared.” — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“Today we went over to your mother’s friend’s house for dinner. We’d asked you to be polite, so you said, “No more, please, it’s… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“A long time ago I stopped wondering why there are so many crazy people. What surprises me now is that there are so many… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“You know what else I unfair, about Joel? That I loosened the jar lid, so somebody else could open him up.” — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“It’s all so messed up. I think what it is, is that when I was young, my mother was her best version of herself.… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“What imperfect carriers of love we are, and what imperfect givers. That the reasons we can care for one another can have nothing to… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“I'm through doing things that don't count. I'm through with things that don't add up or amount. I'm just through.” — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter who remembers what, I guess, so long as somebody remembers something.” — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“If I were you is something I’ve never really understood. Why say, “If I were you”? Why say, “If I were you,” when the… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
“It was grotesque, the way I kept trying to save that relationship. Like trying to tuck an elephant into pants.” — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
