693 Quotes About Contemporary

I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they're dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not hyperbole.

I have several… gifts, as a matter of fact.

Don’t want to scare you off. I can ease in.

Can cows be lactose intolerant?

But every time my thoughts reached this point, every time, my desire to speak would vanish. And so we remained precisely as we were, making no waves, at a standstill.

People should read more Indigenous writers. They are writing some of the most innovative and important work in contemporary literature.

Maybe disappointment does lie in the gulf between what you would do for someone and what they will do for you, but she knows then, in that moment, as she's looking out of the rain-speckled window at the black, black sky, that she needs to stop focusing on what she's willing to do for other people and start focusing on what she's willing to do for herself.

And not after, when we’re clinging to each other like the world just fell apart and is slowly clicking back together, piece by piece, breath by breath . . . heartbeat by beautiful heartbeat.

Why does exercise feel so alien to me anyway? Why doesn't it come naturally to girls like it seems to come to boys?