5 Quotes & Sayings By Jes Dory

Jes Dory is a writer and journalist born and based in Oregon. She is the author of the best-selling memoir, The Nix: A Memoir, and the memoir-in-progress, Will You Love Me When I'm Old? Her work has appeared in The Oregonian, Huffington Post, The Rumpus, Vice, and elsewhere. She is a regular contributor to The Good Men Project and hosts a monthly podcast called Bibliophilia.  

1
What do you mean 'has to be?' and what are you smiling at?" I stopped contributing to this ridiculous dance. I grabbed the teapot and began to fill it with water in the sink. Suddenly I felt the slight weight of his body against my back and the corner of his mouth brushed against my ear. "How human you are, " he whispered. Jes Dory
2
My face flushed scarlet. I was a stranger in my own skin. I had ever felt this kind of anger in my life. Fort and confusion grew. Its sensation was an overwhelming concoction of hate. The only things I knew - the only things keeping me remotely calm- was the following litany. My name is Eleanora Ada Stone. I was moved from home to home for seventeen years. I am now living on this god-forsaken island in Maine. I was being kept from a world of secrets. I have abilities. I am not human. I do not know what I am. . Jes Dory
3
What do you mean 'has to be?' and what are you smiling at?" I stopped contributing to this ridiculous dance. I grabbed the teapot and began to fill it with water in the sink. Suddenly I felt the slight weight go this body against my back and the corner of his mouth brushed adjacent my ear." How human you are, " he whispered. Jes Dory
4
Oh my, " she said as though to herself. "The rumors are true, you have been kept in the dark. Jes Dory