“Isn’t everyone on the planet or at least everyone on the planet called me stuck between the two impulses of wanting to walk away like it never happened and wanting to be a good person in love, loving, being loved,… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Someone said once that they'd never heard of a crime they couldn't imagine committing, and I realized then that if I had a daughter and she had a rabbit and that rabbit was alone with me and I was feeling… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Isn’t everyone on the planet or at least everyone on the planet called me stuck between the two impulses of wanting to walk away… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“...no moment cares, and the ones you wish could stretch out like a hammock for you to lie in, well, those moments leave the… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“The late-afternoon light was thick and orange and she passed four different couples taking photos of themselves on the same cobblestoned block, all their… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Every few minutes or so I would remember the look from the man who had wanted fifty cents, and I'd look at that framed… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“How someone wants to explain catastrophe isn't important--that's what I know now. When shit happens, it doesn't really matter what asshole is responsible.” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Eventually she got out of bed, took a long shower, gargling and spitting mouthfuls of water, then screaming, just a little and quietly.” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“I couldn't decide how to feel about what he was saying, whether it was all nonsense or just more evidence that I would never… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“I wasn't sure if it was safe for me to be sharing time and space with other people, who all seemed so much gentler… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Why were we never together anymore, just alone in each other's vicinity?” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“And I began to believe that you could exchange your life, send it back for a different model, and I knew that wasn’t really… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“I thought that if I could ever do a background check on myself, I knew exactly what I'd do with it. I wouldn't even… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
