Remote control Quote by Patricia Caliskan

“I had a sense of your presence constantly.”

— Michael Kelahan

“As a child I used to lie on the floor with my eyes tightly closed and hope that people would walk past without noticing…

— Jerzy Kosiński

“In the evening when the light is dim, I hide in bed and collect the silhouettes of reasoning which silently run across my limbs.”

— Dana Gioia

“I stopped watching. I forgot about Nudes. I lived my life, which felt like a switched-off TV. Something had gone through me and out…

— Anne Carson

“Also, I kind of liked knowing they were watching but that I held all the control. No one could touch me here. No one…

— Megan Erickson

“The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a burst of light so warm and red it could have been the…

— Brenna Yovanoff

“When I went home…I promised myself, I would take a cool shower and I would read. After a day spent dealing with others, television…

— Charlaine Harris

“My favorite daydream, it was this: I would be reading a book alone in my room, and no one would ever, ever interrupt me.”

— Ann Tyler

“After that night, which was in late December, I was completely worn out. I did not walk as often, and when I walked did…

— Lydia Davis

“I felt naked beneath the wildness of her eyes. I felt alive. Unknown. And I knew then that the world contained so many things…

— Chris Howard

“I had this vision of the two of us holding hands or getting into some light petting behind shower curtains or up in the…

— Susan Juby

“After your visits, I twisted my blinds shut every night. I locked out the stars and I never saw lightning again. Each night, I…

— Jay Asher