“My father despises cats. He believes them to be Democrats. He considers them to be little mean hillary clintons covered all over with feminist legfur. Cats would have abortions, if given half a chance. Cats would have abortions for fun.… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“The desire to describe voice, gesture, skin color, is a desire to eat, take over, make into part of the pattern. I am happy… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“And for you, I think, a religious life,' she said, a calm certainty all over her crisscrossed face. She didn't even bother with a… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“Above all else, he loves trilogies. There has never been a trilogy he didn't like, and if you don't understand why, I have three… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“I'm not interested in heaven unless my anger gets to go there too. I'm not interested in a happy eternity unless I get to… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“Part of what you have to figure out in this life is, Who would I be if I hadn’t been frightened? What hurt me,… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
Here's what I think: the best author photo ever taken is the author photo of you holding your extra-large engulfing rabbit and looking straight… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“The question for someone who was raised in a closed circle and then leaves it, is what is the us, and what is the… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
The only thing that dictates whether I respond to someone is whether I have something interesting to say in return. I respond to people… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“He clenched his small fist, bellowed his rage to the heavens, and resolved to never again recognize the authority of any man on earth.” — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“As they perform this ritual, I almost have to turn away, thinking again what a boomeranging, out-of-body experience it is to watch a religious… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
“and we lived in Stuart, Florida, which made the dubious claim of being the Sailfish Capital of the World.” — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
