Katie Alender, As Dead As It Gets

"Everyone has moments of weakness. But that doesn't make you weak."

Katie Alender, As Dead As It Gets

"I was deep in a dream about photography-walking through a strange city with buildings that stretched so high they disappeared into the clouds. And every time I took a picture of one, it shivered and changed into something else. A sound came from a building behind me-a soft song. I started to walk toward it's open doors, but they closed. I would have to climb in a window-and then I woke up."

Katie Alender, As Dead As It Gets

"Kissing was an extension of that, a celebration. A little party between us, amplifying our naive joy, our faith that the world was delighted to give us just what we wanted."

Katie Alender, As Dead As It Gets