For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me. — Aimee Bender Distract Copy Share Image
“At lunch you order steamed vegetables because you're remembering that you have a heart too. You feel humbled by your heart, it… — Aimee Bender Health Copy Share Image
“The phone is about the same size as a cigarette pack. It's no surprise to me that the traditional cigarette lighter in… — Aimee Bender Addiction Copy Share Image
“One could not spend one's life in the imaginings of another life.” — Aimee Bender Another life Copy Share Image
It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments. — Aimee Bender Lowest Copy Share Image
While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave, the most so far, because she found the… — Aimee Bender Capacity Copy Share Image
I find I can write for two lines, and then I have nothing else to say. For me, the only way to… — Aimee Bender Else Copy Share Image
“He had set up a telescope on a corner of the roof, and we went up to take a look. This is… — Aimee Bender Right now Copy Share Image
“I'd stopped waving to passengers in cars by then- I'd grown suspicious of people and all the complications of interior lives- so… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“Ponytail girl leaned over and she and the tall boy kissed and it was carcinogen gums and magical.” — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less… — Aimee Bender Burgers Copy Share Image
I knew if I ate anything of hers again, it would lkely tell me the same message: help me, I am not… — Aimee Bender Bottles Copy Share Image
“When I crossed the street, according to my mother, I still had to hold someone’s hand. At ten, I would be able… — Aimee Bender Parenting Copy Share Image
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really… — Aimee Bender Creative Copy Share Image
Granted, I'm someone who loves words. I've always loved poetry - so it's suited to me. — Aimee Bender Always Copy Share Image
Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room… — Aimee Bender Babysitter Copy Share Image
I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist. — Aimee Bender Fists Copy Share Image
“but the rest of the evening is nothing but the trembling edges of something I am so tired of feeling and I… — Aimee Bender Sleep Copy Share Image
For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has… — Aimee Bender Anything Copy Share Image
“My favorite of all was still the place on Vermont, the French cafe, La Lyonnaise, that had given me the best onion… — Aimee Bender Cafe Copy Share Image
