Quotes from Renee Gladman

This is my mind. Only I have the right to be here.

Reality is not static—its properties are in constant flux, so perhaps we are as much in the world as we can ever be, and that's the problem.

So far it has been sex and leaves that keep me alive

About the body I know very little, though I am steadily trying to improve myself, in the way animals improve themselves by licking.

I drew against a hum in my head that was like happiness.

I walked until I was ensconced in darkness. Then I began to shout. I wanted a friend more than anything. I was beside myself.

If only traveling were about showing off your language skills, if only it did not also demand a certain commitment of body communication, of outright singing or dancing--I think I would be absolutely global by now.

In that place, whenever you opened your eyes, the yellow sang out to you.