“Speaking felt impossible, as contained and enclosed as she was, a longing that went on a loop, a longing for nothing at… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
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“. . . overcast afternoons when it seemed possible the whole world had run out of things to say.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“I closed my eyes, tried to get as far away from myself as I could.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that the first thing you learn when traveling is that you don't exist--I didn't want to stop not existing.” — Catherine Lacey Exist Copy Share Image
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“ The most beautiful country in the world , the bloke said a few times, but I knew that lots of people… — Catherine Lacey Beautiful Copy Share Image
“I didn't have a solid opinion on the possibility of anyone's having psychic abilities or a fluency in reading auras, nor did… — Catherine Lacey Faith Copy Share Image
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“I thought I'd make them understand, with rhetoric, with everything I had learned. I didn't realize I was ending it all, that… — Catherine Lacey Family Copy Share Image
“That boy never seemed to smile and he wore long sleeves year-round, and I was not so different from him—we were both… — Catherine Lacey Apart Copy Share Image
“we want our spouses and partners to be everything to us: a lover, a best friend, a confidant, a nurturer, an intellectual… — Catherine Lacey Best friend Copy Share Image
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“I wondered why my husband couldn't have just been all bad. Why couldn't he have been a cartoon villain, someone I could… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“There are so many ways to live and die, so many ways to tell that same story, over and over, but everyone… — Catherine Lacey Better way Copy Share Image
“I walked around the library and the library smelled like every library I had ever been in and Dewey decimals were on… — Catherine Lacey Writer Copy Share Image
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“I hiked up a path and into the woods, thinking about what I should be thinking about and almost having a real… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“Losing Paul to time was far from the worst thing to happen to me, but the feeling doesn't always match the loss.… — Catherine Lacey Losing Copy Share Image
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“The sheep stampeded away because sheep are smart enough not to trust anyone for anything, especially not people who sleep in and… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
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“I barely managed to do the small talk—the what-do-you-do , the where-are-you-from , the what-neighborhood , the what-college , the despair of… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
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“I'd run out of options. That's how these things usually happen, how a person ends up placing all her last hopes on… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
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“Perhaps I had just ruined it by reading Barthes at the wrong time. ( A Lover’s Discourse , Chandra said, was relationship poison .)” — Catherine Lacey Barthes Copy Share Image
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