“Sometimes he gives a little flourish with his fingers that makes me wonder if all his movements are a quiet performance.” — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“I pause when the man at the register lays down a red carnation with my change, says quietly, “This is for you,”… — Eula Biss Another woman Copy Share Image
“Sonata,” he says, “means ‘sounding together.’ It is an argument in which one theme is presented in opposition to another and they… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“I think I remember him saying that the problem with a tire fire is that it can smolder for years, burning quietly… — Eula Biss Fire Copy Share Image
Wealthier countries have the luxury of entertaining fears the rest of the world cannot afford. — Eula Biss Country Copy Share Image
“as Jean-Paul Sartre put it, “Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” What” — Eula Biss Freedom Copy Share Image
A trust-in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong-captures, more… — Eula Biss Assets Copy Share Image
“When he says, “Why can’t you follow a recipe?” I am hurt, because I know that he is not just asking why… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“We had been arguing for hours and it was dark in the room. We sat silently on the couch, I was tapping… — Eula Biss Technology Copy Share Image
I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it's not a… — Eula Biss Access Copy Share Image
“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I… — Eula Biss Parenting Copy Share Image
“I was shaking when I asked my mother, “Do you think you eat enough?” She was silent for a long time until… — Eula Biss Long time Copy Share Image
“Black is closing in around my eyes. I realize with a great, tired sadness that I am losing the world. The walls,… — Eula Biss Sadness Copy Share Image
“He thinks I don’t pay attention. He has been talking and I have been silently naming the scents of everything we are… — Eula Biss Pay attention Copy Share Image
“Whiteness is not a kinship or a culture. White people are no more closely related to one another, genetically, that we are… — Eula Biss Black people Copy Share Image
“In this case, I can only hope that my life, which is my crime, might also serve as my apology.” — Eula Biss Crime Copy Share Image
“Today I noticed a slim bar of soap lodged deep in the throat of the sink. My fingers can’t reach that far… — Eula Biss Every day Copy Share Image
“He is someone who believes he can break things, or he believes that anything can hurt him.” — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“I wake up afraid that she will be taken and folded up in a closet like clean linen.” — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“I come home to an empty house and fill the sink with water. The pigeons above the window are clucking. I let… — Eula Biss Water Copy Share Image
And when comfort is what we want, one of the most powerful tonics alternative medicine offers is the word 'natural.' This word… — Eula Biss Alienation Copy Share Image
What a dazzlingly generous, gloriously unpredictable book! Maggie Nelson shows us what it means to be real, offering a way of thinking… — Eula Biss Becoming Copy Share Image
“Mother: “I couldn’t stand his friends from medical school. They were all pompous and awkward. They knew how to memorize but they… — Eula Biss Friendship Copy Share Image
“There are some words that seem to well up from inside me without reason. I will be walking along an empty hallway,… — Eula Biss Language Copy Share Image
“This is the year that everyone is trying to fly around the world in a balloon. I don’t know why.” — Eula Biss Around the world Copy Share Image
