3 Quotes by Carrie Fountain

When she pushes the button, the secretarywill say, "Yes?" from a thousand miles away, and Beverly will say, "Something violenthappened here," she among usunderstanding this is one waythe violent get you: not by comingfor you, but by leaving you behind.

We each keep an untouched life beneath the one we’ve been given.

I tried to find a place for this new pain, this brand-new baby grief, but there was nowhere to put it. I’d just have to carry it.