Blood Wedding

A curious atmosphere. As though she were emerging from the night just as he was entering it.

When nice middle-class girls play the whore in private, they’re better than the real thing, let me tell you.

What she doesn’t talk about does not exist.

she was standing on tiptoe, her eyes closed, the pleasure so intense it transfigured her

There are thousands of women out there who would rather be dead than fat.

tomorrow is the anniversary of Maman’s death.
September 23

Routine is what people depend on, it is the protocol by which we live. The thing people are least likely to question

However great your patience and your determination, sooner or later you are bound to rely on luck.

Napoleon apparently used to say: “I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.”

The way I see it, you might as well just be yourself. Because sooner or later, people will find out who you really are. You might as well let them know from the start.”