Anna Moschovakis > Quotes

“I want to be a word. I would be abstract
with an inscrutable ending.”
― Anna Moschovakis

“not since I sacrificed
the word love for the thing

have I fought such a mind in my war.”
― Anna Moschovakis, I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone

“They say that walking is controlled falling, they say put one foot in front of the other, they say things will return to normal and you will adjust to the change, as if those are similar promises, and possible. They give you special equipment if you are deemed worthy of it, and if not, they assure you that you have special talents for adaptation. They call you resilient. If I am repeating what they say rather than what I think of what they say, it’s because – not being resilient – I struggle with every step.”
― Anna Moschovakis, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth

“Anti-Love is not, to be fair, billed as Anti-Love. It's billed variously as resistance, revolt, revolution. Sometimes it's billed (tentatively or defiantly) as Self-Love.”
― Anna Moschovakis, Participation