Aimee Bender, The Color Master: Stories Quotes

You can ruin anything if you focus at it.

But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.

Most teenage girls don't give old people the time of day which is sad because all old people do all the time is think about how nice it was to be a teenager so long ago.

You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.

I just like the feeling of finding the right word in my mind and employing it. I get pleasure from that feeling. I prefer language to gesture. I figured other people might, too.

That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.

And, sure, fine, I do check my phone about every two minutes, but so do a lot of people, and it's better than smoking, that's what I say. It's the new, lung-safe cigarette.

It was ridiculous, at times, how many tears one body could produce.

It is difficult to want to tell a grave that it is not immortal. It's so obvious at that point.

We're like the couple on the sitcom that has good sparks but never get together for the sake of ratings.