Quotes By Author: Richard Siken

“This is where the evening splits in half, Henry, love or death. Grab an end, pull hard, and make a wish.”

“You’re trying not to tell him you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you don’t even have a name for.”

“We pull our boots on with both handsbut we can’t punch ourselves awake and all I can do is stand on the curb and say Sorryabout the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.I couldn’t get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”

“Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed.”

“If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand.”