"I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it."

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Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake”, p.205, Random House

Aimee Bender

#Two Quotes #Space Quotes #Stride Quotes

“Continual improvisation on a theme is a more useful way to think of how to bring the various parts of life together.”
“Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.”
“A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.”
“Who cares? If he is good to you? None of us ever find enough kindness in the world, do we?”
“To this day I am not convinced of having brought together with me in Germany the technically best players that could have been. But I was firmly convinced I called the ones that could create a team, and they could play with one another to the best of their possibility. In this day and age you win if you become a team. It doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to have the best football players in the country. It's possible that the best, all together, don't become a team. It's like a mosaic, you have to put all the pieces together.”
“There were days when no kid came out of his house without looking around. The week after Halloween had a quality both hungover and ominous, the light pitched, the sky smashed against the rooftops.”
“We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.”
“In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total ditwads, that the archetype of the noble cute hero who devotes himself to the girl he loves has not gone the way of the rotary phone. That all I had to do was be myself (smart, hardworking, funny) and be patient and kind and he and I would find each other. As Bea would say, this why they call it fiction.”

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