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Aimee Bender quotes: YOU'RE IN MY MOUTH, I said. GET OUT OF MY MOUTH. YOU'RE IN MY MOUTH, I said. GET OUT OF MY MOUTH.
Aimee Bender quotes: You're the perfect girl', he said, rubbing his chin. 'You expect nothing. You're the perfect girl', he said, rubbing his chin. 'You expect nothing.
Aimee Bender quotes: You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think. You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.
Aimee Bender quotes: Mom's smiles were so full of feeling that people leaned back a little when she greeted them. It was hard to know just how much was being offered. Mom's smiles were so full of feeling that people leaned back a little when she greeted them. It was hard to know just how much was being offered.
Aimee Bender quotes: I wanted to bathe in plum juice, rediscover my body and adorn it in kiwi circles. I wanted to bathe in plum juice, rediscover my body and adorn it in kiwi circles.
Aimee Bender quotes: It was ridiculous, at times, how many tears one body could produce. It was ridiculous, at times, how many tears one body could produce.
Aimee Bender quotes: That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone. That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.
Aimee Bender quotes: I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic. I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic.
Aimee Bender quotes: When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating. When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.
Aimee Bender quotes: I didn't mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side. I didn't mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.
Aimee Bender quotes: My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope - make yourself a structure you can live inside. My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope - make yourself a structure you can live inside.
Aimee Bender quotes: Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped. Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
Aimee Bender quotes: Don't smile," he said. Don't smile," he said.
Aimee Bender quotes: There was love to be felt, and discovered, still. There was love to be felt, and discovered, still.
Aimee Bender quotes: She is walking around the living room naked and She is walking around the living room naked and
Aimee Bender quotes: It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments. It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
Aimee Bender quotes: It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers. It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.
Aimee Bender quotes: It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened. It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened.
Aimee Bender quotes: We're like the couple on the sitcom that has good sparks but never get together for the sake of ratings. We're like the couple on the sitcom that has good sparks but never get together for the sake of ratings.
Aimee Bender quotes: You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground. You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.
Aimee Bender quotes: When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us. When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.
Aimee Bender quotes: I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant. I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
Aimee Bender quotes: I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing. I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.
Aimee Bender quotes: He had a good face to him, something chunky in his nose that I could get behind. He had a good face to him, something chunky in his nose that I could get behind.
Aimee Bender quotes: But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk over and ask me why. But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk over and ask me why.
Aimee Bender quotes: I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy. I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.
Aimee Bender quotes: The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom. The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
Aimee Bender quotes: Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language. Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.
Aimee Bender quotes: I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time. I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
Aimee Bender quotes: Pain was no longer a mystery to him, and a man familiar with pain has entered a new kind of freedom. Pain was no longer a mystery to him, and a man familiar with pain has entered a new kind of freedom.
Aimee Bender quotes: I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it. I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.
Aimee Bender quotes: I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey. I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey.
Aimee Bender quotes: She could feel it brimming on her lips, that superstar smile, the bow shape, the teeth long and solid tombstones. She could feel it brimming on her lips, that superstar smile, the bow shape, the teeth long and solid tombstones.
Aimee Bender quotes: It is difficult to want to tell a grave that it is not immortal. It's so obvious at that point. It is difficult to want to tell a grave that it is not immortal. It's so obvious at that point.
Aimee Bender quotes: I want to be violated by insight. I want to be violated by insight.
Aimee Bender quotes: An old man with overalls walked by; I don't think old people should wear overalls; it makes them look like shrivelly toddlers. An old man with overalls walked by; I don't think old people should wear overalls; it makes them look like shrivelly toddlers.
Aimee Bender quotes: Granted, I'm someone who loves words. I've always loved poetry - so it's suited to me. Granted, I'm someone who loves words. I've always loved poetry - so it's suited to me.
Aimee Bender quotes: Rose,sensing her mother's distress ... She did not face me, but I could feel the vibration of tears, a kind of pain hive,rustling inside her. Rose,sensing her mother's distress ... She did not face me, but I could feel the vibration of tears, a kind of pain hive,rustling inside her.
Aimee Bender quotes: Being there was like having a good cry, the clearing of the air after weight has been held. Being there was like having a good cry, the clearing of the air after weight has been held.
Aimee Bender quotes: My lover is experiencing reverse evolution. My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
Aimee Bender quotes: I felt her come by later, as I was dozing off. Her standing, by my bed. The depth of shadow of a person felt behind closed eyelids. I felt her come by later, as I was dozing off. Her standing, by my bed. The depth of shadow of a person felt behind closed eyelids.
Aimee Bender quotes: Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write. Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.
Aimee Bender quotes: Her blush was the color of a coral reef, but smooth. Her blush was the color of a coral reef, but smooth.
Aimee Bender quotes: But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time. But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
Aimee Bender quotes: ... kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks. ... kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.
Aimee Bender quotes: You can ruin anything if you focus at it. You can ruin anything if you focus at it.
Aimee Bender quotes: We end up kissing her for an hour, and her lips are so soft they are almost like a joke. We end up kissing her for an hour, and her lips are so soft they are almost like a joke.
Aimee Bender quotes: I will never die, thought the cake to itself, in even simpler terms, as cakes did not have sophisticated use of language. I will never die, thought the cake to itself, in even simpler terms, as cakes did not have sophisticated use of language.
Aimee Bender quotes: 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 threat in groups. 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 threat in groups.
Aimee Bender quotes: It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things. It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.
Aimee Bender quotes: I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope. I don't think so, I don't agree. The most unbearable thing I think by far, she said, is hope.
Aimee Bender quotes: As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon. As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon.
Aimee Bender quotes: Ponytail girl leaned over and she and the tall boy kissed and it was carcinogen gums and magical. Ponytail girl leaned over and she and the tall boy kissed and it was carcinogen gums and magical.
Aimee Bender quotes: Your eyes shine," he said. "How do they do that?""Blood," she said. Your eyes shine," he said. "How do they do that?"
"Blood," she said.
Aimee Bender quotes: I loved my brother, but relying on him was like closing a hand around air. I loved my brother, but relying on him was like closing a hand around air.
Aimee Bender quotes: I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings. I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings.
Aimee Bender quotes: I give boring people something to discuss over corn. I give boring people something to discuss over corn.
Aimee Bender quotes: But she was not there, in it. It so But she was not there, in it. It so
Aimee Bender quotes: As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault. As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.
Aimee Bender quotes: To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude. To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.
Aimee Bender quotes: We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street. We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street.
Aimee Bender quotes: I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q ... I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q ...
Aimee Bender quotes: Dad lost his job. Then he got a new job. Then he got his old job back and went back to it. They were all in the same building. Dad lost his job. Then he got a new job. Then he got his old job back and went back to it. They were all in the same building.
Aimee Bender quotes: Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot. Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.
Aimee Bender quotes: I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot. I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.
Aimee Bender quotes: Last day I saw him human, he was sad about the world. Last day I saw him human, he was sad about the world.
Aimee Bender quotes: For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me. For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me.
Aimee Bender quotes: I think it's good to smile at everybody so that everyone knows you love everyone. It's good for human pacifism. I think it's good to smile at everybody so that everyone knows you love everyone. It's good for human pacifism.
Aimee Bender quotes: As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake. As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.
Aimee Bender quotes: The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious. The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious.
Aimee Bender quotes: This woman he met was the woman he met and however you try, you cannot unmeet. This woman he met was the woman he met and however you try, you cannot unmeet.
Aimee Bender quotes: [ ... ]when he closed his eyes, the torrent of longing waiting inside was so thick he thought he might drown in it. [ ... ]when he closed his eyes, the torrent of longing waiting inside was so thick he thought he might drown in it.
Aimee Bender quotes: The world can ask you to participate, but it's a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal. The world can ask you to participate, but it's a day-today decision if you want to agree to that proposal.
Aimee Bender quotes: My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want. My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.
Aimee Bender quotes: One could not spend one's life in the imaginings of another life. One could not spend one's life in the imaginings of another life.
Aimee Bender quotes: But truthfully? Let me tell you what I honestly think. I think, maybe he hasn't even noticed that I'm gone. But. I have. But truthfully? Let me tell you what I honestly think.
I think, maybe he hasn't even noticed that I'm gone.
But. I have.
Aimee Bender quotes: We are all, generally, symmetrical: ants, elephants, lions, fish, flowers, leaves. But she was a tree. No one expects a tree to be symmetrical at all. We are all, generally, symmetrical: ants, elephants, lions, fish, flowers, leaves. But she was a tree. No one expects a tree to be symmetrical at all.
Aimee Bender quotes: I have trouble describing my own style, since it's sort of like describing my own eye color or something. I have trouble describing my own style, since it's sort of like describing my own eye color or something.
Aimee Bender quotes: I am going to host Thanksgiving myself and instead of a turkey I'm serving a big human butt. I am going to host Thanksgiving myself and instead of a turkey I'm serving a big human butt.
Aimee Bender quotes: We have better things to do. We realize life is not just a dress rehearsal and if you realize it, you don't need a bumper sticker to remind you. We have better things to do. We realize life is not just a dress rehearsal and if you realize it, you don't need a bumper sticker to remind you.
Aimee Bender quotes: I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist. I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
Aimee Bender quotes: Walk soft, like whispers. Walk soft, like whispers.
Aimee Bender quotes: But the rest of the evening is nothing but the trembling edges of something I am so tired of feeling and I do not want to feel anymore. But the rest of the evening is nothing but the trembling edges of something I am so tired of feeling and I do not want to feel anymore.
Aimee Bender quotes: A Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there. A Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there.
Aimee Bender quotes: It's unsettling to meet people who don't eat apples. It's unsettling to meet people who don't eat apples.
Aimee Bender quotes: I like the idea of a place that is dealing with painful, messy, frightening, and very human events that is also so beautiful and ethereal. I like the idea of a place that is dealing with painful, messy, frightening, and very human events that is also so beautiful and ethereal.

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