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21 " I was thinking that everything had changed in an instant, changed in a way that neither he nor I might mind. "
― Susanna Moore , In the Cut
22 " His sudden falling-away, his tentativeness, his loss of will, made me dislike him, and I realized that I was disappointed. "
23 " He was looking at me in a way that he never had before. Impatient. A little bored. As if I were not so smart after all. "
24 " Nowhere could I find peace. "
25 " I was thinking about that, my heart suddenly full of despair. "
26 " I'd kissed him on the mouth, put my tongue in his mouth, and I knew that I did not know how to stop it. I had forgotten how to stop it. "
27 " Afraid, now that I knew what I wanted. What I did not want. I did not want him to hurt me. "
28 " Listen, you don't want me. Only you don't know it. You just think you do. I've been thrown out of a lot of places. "
29 " I felt such desire for him, such murderous and vengeful desire, that I was trembling. "
30 " I asked him not to hurt me. It seems to be what women say. And men. It did not stop him. "
31 " I think memories are like dreams. Not reliable proof of anything. I can't prove a memory any more than I can prove a dream. "
32 " The belief that love is a finite essence that will eventually run out holds a certain logic for me even now, even if I am supposed to know better. "
― Susanna Moore , The Big Girls
33 " My belated recognition of his desire actually served the purpose of provoking me to consider him, if only for a moment. It was like high school when just to hear that a boy liked you was sufficient encouragement to agree to go steady with him by the end of the day. Now that I think of it, it is just like life. Not high school. "
34 " It was as if he were daring me to look at him . . . and tell him what I saw. "
35 " I felt myself blush with disappointment. I looked away, afraid that they would see it. "
36 " He was silent. I waited, not knowing if he was asleep, men having the ability to fall asleep even when the conversation is about themselves. "
37 " We're detectives . . . We can do anything we want. "
38 " And there was still pleasure in it. A man who knew he could fuck. "
39 " What are you doing?" I whispered. Even though I knew. It was as if I had to pretend that I did not know what he was about to do to me. "
40 " The words themselves—in their wit, exuberance, mistakenness and violence—are thrilling to me. "