Patricia Lockwood
- No One is Talking About This
During these appearances there entered into her body what she thought of as a demon of performance, an absolutely intact personality that she had no access to in ordinary times. It was not just inside her, but spilled a little beyond; it struck huge gestures off her body like sparks from a flint. Always when she watched the performances afterward she was aghast. Who is that woman? Who told her she could talk to people that way?
Patricia Lockwood
- No One Is Talking About This
Of course it was always the people who called themselves enlightened who stole the most. Who picked up the slang the earliest. To show what? That they were not like the others? That they knew what was worth stealing? They were the guiltiest too. But guilt was not worth anything.
Alice Sebold
- The Lovely Bones
Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.
Joseph Fink
- It Devours
That's a simplification. Just because something eventually doesn't work out doesn't mean it never worked out. It was working out fine until, not much later, it wasn't working out at all. Happiness is not cancelled out by unhappiness. A relationship is not cancelled out by its end.
