Kerry Cohen Quotes

#1. I've been grasping at nothing, running in circles, trying desperately to fill the emptiness inside with nothing but air. If I think about it too much, I feel shame, so much shame. So I don't.

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#2. He hoots as he passes. Another one whistles. I know this is stupid, inviting trouble. But it feels so good to be wanted, I can't help myself.

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#3. ... his solid body, the weight of him, his movement, all so real, all so there. It doesn't matter who he is. There are so many of them. Him. Me. Our movement together. Proof, I think again and again, of being worthwhile. Proof of being loved.

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#4. I love the idea that a family doesn't need so much stuff to be whole, that perhaps there are other ways to feel full.

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#5. Not being able to live without someone is not love. It's need.

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#6. It's just I'd rather sleep through the days so I'll be awake for the nights, when the boys are out.

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#7. Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs.

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#8. I heard that the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.

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#9. He remains kind, but a feeling nags at me, staying with me long after I leave. And it's this: It doesn't matter what I did to him. He can choose to remain detached, untouched by me. Something I can't do back.

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#10. This isn't a story about how some guy finally saves me from myself.
I'm my own hero here; I do the saving.

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#11. Maybe I don't have to perfect, I just have to be good enough.

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#12. A sort of intimacy is forged when someone reads your book and both you and your reader wind up less alone in the world.

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#13. Depicting yourself as a whole person on the page doesn't only mean recognizing your role in a bad situation. It means being emotionally authentic. It means showing all of yourself: the shameful parts, the embarrassing parts, the parts that you might regret or that you wish weren't true.

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#14. I don't want to be in pain anymore. I want to be done, to be left unburdened and naked, to tear the hurt off my body like layers of clothes. At the end of the trail I stop and bend forward, hands on my knees, to catch my breath. I'm not healed, but for this moment, I'm better.

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#15. Being alone feels more honest.

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