“WHY DID SHE OFTEN FEEL ALONE? WHY DID SHE THINK GETTING PREGNANT AT SIXTEEN WAS GOING TO UNLOCK SOME KIND OF DEEP, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE SHE WAS MISSING? WHY DID SHE OFTEN LOOK TO MEN FOR A COMFORT THAT LASTED A MERE FORTY SECONDS– JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR MY EX-HUSBAND TO NUT.”

“I HAD A HEART-TO-HEART WITH MY PHYSICIAN RECENTLY AND EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THERE IS ONE THING IN LIFE I REFUSE TO GIVE UP. AND THAT MY FRIENDS ARE ORGASMS...

THE FACT THAT MY ANTI-ANXIETY MEDICATION LIKES TO NUMB MY CLITORIS, ISN’T A WIN IN MY BOOK. I’D RATHER LIVE WITH MY ANXIETY AND JERK OFF ALL DAY WITH SOME ACTUAL FEELING IN MY GENITALS. LIFE IS SHORT, AND ORGASMS ARE SACRED.”

“My deepest heartbreak wasn’t even with the men I legally shared health insurance with. And yet, he was the one who taught me what it means to completely lose yourself in someone else – and how fucking hard it is to claw your way back…”