“So rarely did Anna reach out for help that she wasn’t sure how to do it. Is that what I’m doing, asking… — Jill Alexander Essbaum Asking Copy Share Image
Sometimes, some of us in some things we do know better. When we know better, I think it's imperative that we do… — Jill Alexander Essbaum Century Copy Share Image
“Evanescent grace, you vanish as a vapor does, or love in open air.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Fleeting Copy Share Image
We [people] are made separate by the things we do or do not do. Responsibilities of all types curb us. Desire betrays… — Jill Alexander Essbaum Betray Copy Share Image
I do believe that dreams are interpretable. Analysis and praxis have taught me so. — Jill Alexander Essbaum Analysis Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts. The ghosts believe in you.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Belief Copy Share Image
I'm suspicious of dreams in books too. Because they're boring and too self-serving. — Jill Alexander Essbaum Book Copy Share Image
“Four simple chambers. A thousand complicated doors. One of them is yours.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Doors Copy Share Image
“That it ought to be known I was born this way, With indiscriminate tendencies.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Born this way Copy Share Image
I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you… — Jill Alexander Essbaum Demand Copy Share Image
“It is your final gift to me: this room where I shall bleed and knit, as spinsters do.” — Jill Alexander Essbaum Exile Copy Share Image