Aimee Bender Quotes, born June 28, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, is an American novelist and short story writer celebrated for her surreal and magical realist works, including The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (2010), The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (1998), and Willful Creatures (2005). With an MFA from UC Irvine, where she studied under Judith Grossman and Geoffrey Wolff, she teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California. Her stories, published in Granta, The Paris Review, and McSweeney’s, blend the mundane with the fantastical, earning her two Pushcart Prizes and a 2011 Alex Award. These 15 quotes—sourced from her books and interviews—reflect her insights on love, creativity, human connection, and the peculiarities of life, capturing her whimsical and introspective spirit.
15 Aimee Bender Quotes
- “My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope—make yourself a structure you can live inside.” (Willful Creatures, 2005)
- “Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn’t appreciate getting to know it all so strong and early.” (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, 2010)
- “I want to be violated by insight.” (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, 1998)
- “We hit the sidewalk, and dropped hands. How I wished, right then, that the whole world was a street.” (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, 2010)
- “As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.” (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, 1998)
- “Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room lamp had become a kind of radiant babysitter all its own.” (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, 2010)
- “There’s a gift in your lap and it’s beautifully wrapped and it’s not your birthday. You feel wonderful, you feel like somebody knows you’re alive.” (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, 1998)
- “I could feel the tears beginning to collect in my throat again, but I pushed them apart, away from each other. Tears are only a threat in groups.” (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, 2010)
- “It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.” (The Color Master: Stories, 2013)
- “Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I give boring people something to discuss over corn.” (The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, 1998)
- “We are all made of stories. It’s how we connect, how we understand each other, how we create meaning in a chaotic world.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “Love is never simple, never predictable. It’s messy and beautiful and can knock you off your feet with its intensity.” (Bookey, 2023)
- “To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.” (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, 2010)
- “The mind is a powerful thing. It can create realities, shape perceptions, and change the course of our lives.” (Bookey, 2023)
Aimee Bender’s quotes weave surreal beauty with raw human truths, inspiring readers to dream awake, find meaning in stories, and embrace life’s messy magic. Which one stirs your imagination? Drop it in the comments and keep her literary legacy thriving!
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