“Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead, — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“My husband gets a new job.... The pay is better. It has benefits. How is it, people ask. "Not bad," he says… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“But my agent has a theory. She says every marriage is jerry-rigged. Even the ones that look reasonable from the outside are… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“There is a husband who requires mileage receipts, another who wants sex at three a.m. One who forbids short haircuts, another who… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“Once when he was still young, I saw a bit of his scalp showing through his hair and I was afraid. But… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“At night, they lie in bed holding hands. It is possible if she is stealthy enough that the wife can do this… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around for the… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead, — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out. — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
I like to write from midnight to dawn with great stores of candy and Red Bull laid in... I'm not sure why I have… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“Survival in space is a challenging endeavor. As the history of modern warfare suggests, people have generally proven themselves unable to live and work… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
