I realize that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before we ask someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing.
Miranda JulyWe humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard. If it was all just animals and rocks and lettuce, the gods wouldn't feel like they had enough to do.
Miranda JulyIt was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasnโt dying.
Miranda JulyI don't tally the world, asking, "Would this annoy you? Would this annoy you?" That's so far removed from where I'm at when I'm in the trenches struggling with how to express things that I don't fully understand myself.
Miranda July