01UndatedIt's hard to do that, to decide to believe one thing over another.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
02UndatedThings you'd never even seen with Finn could remind you of him, because he was the one person you'd want to show. "Look at that," you'd want to say, because you knew he would find a way to think it was wonderful. To make you feel like the most observant person in the world for spotting it.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
03UndatedThat's the secret. If you always make sure you're exactly the person you hoped to be, if you always make sure you know only the very best people, then you won't care if you die tomorrow.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
04UndatedI told my mother he looked like a deflated balloon. Greta said he looked like a small gray moth wrapped in a spider's web. That's because everything about Greta is more beautiful, even the way she says things.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
05UndatedThey segued into a more general piece about AIDS. As usual, they started out with footage of some kind of sweaty nightclub in the city with a bunch of gay men dancing around in stupid leather outfits. I couldn't even begin to imagine Finn dancing the night away like some kind of half-dressed cowboy. It would have been nice if for once they show some guys sitting in their living rooms drinking tea and talking about art or movies or something. If they showed that, then maybe people would say, "Oh, okay, that's not so strange.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
06UndatedMy mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.Carol Rifka Brunt / quote ↗
