Time Quote by Claire Vaye Watkins

“Intuition enters the mind in a way Western science has yet to explain. Moses was a dowser, probably Jesus too. Though they did not…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“One way to say all this is, Our mother was an addict and she overdosed. Another way is, Our mother was suicidal and she…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“They'd drink like men, like their fathers and uncles, like George fucking Washington...”

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“His cigarettes helped mark the passage of time, especially on days that seemed all sun and sky...The dependable dwindling of his cigarette supply reassured…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“I love you," he said, and though she knew it was true she kept her eyes closed and said, "Don't say that." She did…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

Sometimes love is a wound that opens and closes, opens and closes, all our lives.

— Claire Vaye Watkins

A promise unkept will take a man's mind.

— Claire Vaye Watkins

What is so incredible and essential about an authentic cultural scene is it rejects a value system based on consumption and productivity and instead…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“The sooner that Layla understands that we are nothing but the sum of that which we endure, the better.”

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“You don't love people," he said. "You love what they do to you.”

— Claire Vaye Watkins

“I beg your pardon, dune sea, but I am just here to get my girls. If you would kindly. This is not my first…

— Claire Vaye Watkins

Like all our memories, we like to take it out once in a while and lay it flat on the kitchen table, the way…

— Claire Vaye Watkins