Quotes by : Maggie Nelson

We don't get to choose what or whom we love, I want to say. We just don't get to choose.

For the fact is that neuroscientists who study memory remain unclear on the question of whether each....

Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic.

92. Eventually I confess to a friend some details about my weeping—its intensity, its frequency. She....

You pass as a guy; I, as pregnant. Our waiter cheerfully tells us about his family, expresses delight....

Am I sitting here now, months later, in Los Angeles, writing all this down, because I want my life to....

I felt the wild need for any or all of these people that night. Lying there alone, I began to feel -....

I truly don’t understand why at every Q and A, someone always asks, “Do you have a routine?” or....

This is the dysfunction talking. This is the disease talking. This is how much I miss you talking. This....

For blue has no mind. It is not wise, nor does it promise any wisdom. It is beautiful, and despite what....