THIS PART

"Please be serious with me," she cried.
He opened his palms. "This part of my life isn't serious."
"Which part is?"
"There is no other part."
She fled.
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet)

LA

Los Angeles was the largest inhabited abandoned city on earth.
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet)

DEEP AND THE SURFACES

"Only, as a good friend of mine used to say, you can't be deep without a surface."
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet)

VISIBLE, ETCETERA

"I'd make some joke about how difficult it is for us imaginary friends," he said. "The constant struggle to remain visible, etcetera. But the truth is I think it's you guy [...] who are figments of my imagination."
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet)

SLOWLY

When a whale dies, it falls down through the ocean slowly, over the course of a day. All the other fish see it fall, like a giant statue, like a building, but slowly, slowly.
(Miranda July | The Shared Patio)

POSITIVE

What is the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to you? Did it involve a car? Was it on a boat? Did an animal do it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I’m not surprised. Car crash, boat sink, and animal are just scary. Why not do yourself a favor and stay away from these things?
(Miranda July | The Shared Patio)

NOT

He did not call. He had not called. There was no call.
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don’t Lover Me Yet)

RARE

They’d become that rarest version of themselves, uncomplainers.
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don’t Lover Me Yet)

ORDINARY

He crossed the grain of ordinary life, deliriously indifferent.
(Jonathan Lethem | You Don't Love Me Yet)