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against narrative
The significant story possesses more awareness than the writer writing it. The significant story is always greater than the writer writing it. This is the absurdity, the disorienting truth, the question that is not even a question, this is the koan of writing.
Joy Williams on Why Writers Write
Our breakup was so protracted, in part, because our story was so, so good, and I wanted so badly for the story of our relationship to be the story of my life — doing the dishes in the nighttime, his hands over my eyes when we watched horror movies, the love songs I wrote him on our anniversary. A math prodigy and a writer. Our children would have m... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • against narrative
I feel only the constant strain of translation. He could love me but not know me. What was I trying to beat to the punch? What was I evading?
Chloé Cooper Jones • Easy Beauty: A Memoir
you don’t always spend forever with the person you love the most, but you can spend forever trying to reconcile that fact in your mind.