“Lately, I couldn't remember those years, as if childhood was a movie I'd only seen the previews to.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“It felt possible--though I know this is absurd--that the use of my own body, the only thing I really owned, had somehow… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Judas put his arm around me. I smiled and thought of the words unreality and despair .” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“Only incredibly boring people have lives that go the way they expect.” — Catherine Lacey Boring people Copy Share Image
“But what had really happened? It was still unclear. Was it possible nothing of any significance had ever happened between us and… — Catherine Lacey Breakup Copy Share Image
“I had nothing to say to these strangers, whoever or whatever they were.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“It seemed her whole life had been a series of waves, that everything and everyone she'd ever known had come at her… — Catherine Lacey Life Copy Share Image
“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
“No child understands how well she knows her parents' faces, how much they tell her without speaking; that language is writ to… — Catherine Lacey Children 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
“He would never be that way again. He would never have the power of that specific kind of not-knowing.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“He wouldn't tell me that I always have two options— You can choose how you feel or you you can let your… — Catherine Lacey Bad advice Copy Share Image
“He believed that all forms of government were spiritually bankrupt, that the only true way to follow Jesus was to be radically… — Catherine Lacey Government Copy Share Image
“I walked toward the ocean, my brain somehow calm and empty, sick of itself, taking a sick day.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“I look back at this moment sometimes, the moment I accepted this job, and I have to wonder what kind of decision… — Catherine Lacey Decision making Copy Share Image
“He didn't care if you were safe, he just cared if you were his.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“Not being gay felt like a failing, somehow, less evolved.” — Catherine Lacey Failure Copy Share Image
“She was sure no one had ever been more in love than they were in those weeks, consumed by such longing, wanting… — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“ You know, I've never really known what to do. I just keep making these decisions or not, making right and wrong… — Catherine Lacey Fear Copy Share Image
“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
“I couldn't blame anyone for what was in me, because I am, like everyone, populated entirely by myself.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“. . . overcast afternoons when it seemed possible the whole world had run out of things to say.” — Catherine Lacey Catherine-lacey Copy Share Image
“I think brains might be machines that turn information into feelings and feelings back into decisions and I've discovered that my machine… — Catherine Lacey Computers Copy Share Image
“I think back to this moment sometimes now, look back at that person I was, months before I couldn't unknow what had… — Catherine Lacey Before Copy Share Image
“I found, increasingly, that I did not particularly care and I tried to fake a little kindness, a little sweetness, tried to… — Catherine Lacey Antisocial Copy Share Image
