My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want. — Aimee Bender Cave Copy Share Image
To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“We're like the couple on the sitcom that has good sparks but never get together for the sake of ratings.” — Aimee Bender Attraction Copy Share Image
I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because… — Aimee Bender Birthday Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to want to tell a grave that it is not immortal. It's so obvious at that point.” — Aimee Bender Death Copy Share Image
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful… — Aimee Bender Amen Copy Share Image
“Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw… — Aimee Bender Food Copy Share Image
But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE,… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
It seems the best work I do is when I am really allowing the unconscious to rule the page and then later… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I could feel the tears beginning to collect in my throat again, but I pushed them apart, away from each other. Tears… — Aimee Bender Away from each other Copy Share Image
It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It's the mathematical logic of being alive. If everything kept to its… — Aimee Bender Alive Copy Share Image
“He moved his fingers down her whole spine, one by one by one, and during the time it took to do that,… — Aimee Bender Empty space Copy Share Image
There's a gift in your lap and it's beautifully wrapped and it's not your birthday. You feel wonderful, you feel like somebody… — Aimee Bender Alive Copy Share Image
“When she left the store, emboldened, receipt tucked into her purse, folded twice, Janet thought of all the chicken dishes she had… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“On the drive home, she sat in the backseat, as she did on occasion. He said it was to protect her from… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
There's a spectrum of those moments of connection and the moments we fail to connect, going from super-large successes to failures. Success… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“She was tired these days because she was having job trouble too; her trouble meant she did not know how she could… — Aimee Bender Couples Copy Share Image
I noticed, when I taught elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing squeaky wheels can be! Because… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“She too looked like a regular lady, living in the world- didn't seem particularly with it or excitable or stellar. But that… — Aimee Bender Chef 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
“During the descent, she gave the doily to the man across the aisle, worried about his ailing son, and the needlework was… — Aimee Bender Handmade 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
“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
“My birthday is in March, and that year it fell during an especially bright spring week, vivid and clear in the narrow… — Aimee Bender Birthday Copy Share Image
“My soup arrived. Crusted with cheese, golden at the edges. The waiter placed it carefully in front of me, and I broke… — Aimee Bender Food Copy Share Image
“In other words, don't be reductive. Often, writers will rush to an ending that completes, or sums up, or reduces their story… — Aimee Bender Writing Copy Share Image
“You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.” — Aimee Bender Advice Copy Share Image
“It was ridiculous, at times, how many tears one body could produce.” — Aimee Bender Body Copy Share Image
“I loved my brother, but relying on him was like closing a hand around air.” — Aimee Bender Brother Copy Share Image
“Being there was like having a good cry, the clearing of the air after weight has been held.” — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
