Elizabeth McCracken Quotes

When I Was A Teenager In Boston, A Man On The Subway Handed Me A Card Printed With Tiny Pictures Of Hands Spelling Out The Alphabet In Sign Language. I AM DEAF, Said The Card. You Were Supposed To Give The Man Some Money In Exchange.
I Have Thought Of That Card Ever Since, During Difficult Times, Mine Or Someone Else's; Surely When Tragedy Has Struck You Dumb, You Should Be Given A Stack Of Cards That Explain It For You. When Pudding Died, I Wanted My Stack. I Still Want It. My First Child Was Stillborn, It Would Say On The Front. It Remains The Hardest Thing For Me To Explain, Even Now, Or Maybe I Mean Especially Now - Now That His Death Feels Like A Non Sequitur. My First Child Was Stillborn. I Want People To Know But I Don't Want To Say It Aloud. People Don't Like To Hear It But I Think They Might Not Mind Reading It On A Card.

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