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From Quotes by Aimee Bender
- I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
- Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under…
- Mom loved my brother more. Not that she didn't love me - I felt the wash of her love every day, pouring over me, but…
- I could feel the tears beginning to collect in my throat again, but I pushed them apart, away from each other. Tears are only a…
- It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated…
- In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations - foods from childhood that I associate with care and…
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