"I'd feel the other place running against the membrane of the world, almost touching it"

"I'd feel the other place running against the membrane of the world, almost touching it" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"Because it does make sense - only I don't know how"

"Because it does make sense - only I don't know how" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"She had looked right at me, but she had not seen me at all"

"She had looked right at me, but she had not seen me at all" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I was stunned, so stunned that I couldn't move"

"I was stunned, so stunned that I couldn't move" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I believe I had a normal childhood"

"I believe I had a normal childhood" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"Big and heavy movements, but delicate, too, in all the subtle, reactive leaves"

"Big and heavy movements, but delicate, too, in all the subtle, reactive leaves" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"I loved the mysterious darkness of the trees"

"I loved the mysterious darkness of the trees" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"When I was a kid, I liked walking through neighborhoods alone"

"When I was a kid, I liked walking through neighborhoods alone" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill

"He hates reading, but he is bright"

"He hates reading, but he is bright" - The Other Place by Mary Gaitskill