“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 is fortifying as a drop of coagulant in a solution. I had planned (The word is… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share
“Not that pain is the worst thing in the universe. Interesting things happen when you adapt pain for your own. This thing you were… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Nobody can remember when the sperm became large enough to see, but we agree on this: once that point was reached, every generation topped the last. They went from guppy to goldfish, and before long they could frighten a schnauzer, and not much later even Great Danes made way for them… Sperm are ancient creatures, single-minded as coelacanths. They are… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share
“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 is fortifying as a drop of coagulant in a solution. I had planned (The word is too strong. Imagined. Anticipated?) this particular murder for so many years that it had taken on an air of performance… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share
“It is a terrible thing when it is the substitute that is sent to find a new life, a sign that a person yearns… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
“I patch together a living language out of reanimated parts, like Frankenstein, and feel no disgust at scrabbling in the charnel house. Each of… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
“I began to invent something new: a way to hang together without pretending I was whole” — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
“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… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
