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“Did you inherit a sickness? Did you blame god? Do you believe in God? Do you believe in yourself? Are you still on fire? Did you ever put out the fire?”
― Andalucia
― Andalucia
“I don't want to be loved despite my history:
I want absolution, someone to observe my fitting-into and
growing-out-of, someone to watch my spine
make the mannequin come to life.”
― APOCRYPHAL
I want absolution, someone to observe my fitting-into and
growing-out-of, someone to watch my spine
make the mannequin come to life.”
― APOCRYPHAL
“I am afraid of photographs. I am ashamed they will show
where I really come from. From particles of light, a slow
holding of breath as if I were filling with dirt & I am, because
where I come from is a place outside and it is not normal...”
― APOCRYPHAL
where I really come from. From particles of light, a slow
holding of breath as if I were filling with dirt & I am, because
where I come from is a place outside and it is not normal...”
― APOCRYPHAL
“Wordcraft isn’t a fuck-around type of magic.”
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
“… I am me, but am not
me: I have spent my entire life & all of its suffering
both as spectator & subject. a woman trapped eternally as a
child waiting for the holy father. I look pretty but feel so
young, standing on the curb sucking on the lemon of the
sun.”
― APOCRYPHAL
me: I have spent my entire life & all of its suffering
both as spectator & subject. a woman trapped eternally as a
child waiting for the holy father. I look pretty but feel so
young, standing on the curb sucking on the lemon of the
sun.”
― APOCRYPHAL
“I don't respect these monsters but I weep anyway.
I curl my fingers in so that my palms bleed,
because I have been afraid of this whole entire life,
of being a pretty little thing.
being a pretty thing
is a problem. no one wants you,
not even the dead.”
― APOCRYPHAL
I curl my fingers in so that my palms bleed,
because I have been afraid of this whole entire life,
of being a pretty little thing.
being a pretty thing
is a problem. no one wants you,
not even the dead.”
― APOCRYPHAL
“magic can’t stop an asshole from being an asshole.”
― Light Magic for Dark Times
― Light Magic for Dark Times
“Such a waste of a girl, such rumination.
I am obsessive. I contain nothing but the replay.
I am blood and blood and replay. I am
please don’t go. I am
toss the windows open,
but I am windows closed.”
― SAINT OF
I am obsessive. I contain nothing but the replay.
I am blood and blood and replay. I am
please don’t go. I am
toss the windows open,
but I am windows closed.”
― SAINT OF
“… I am born and born again.
I am born to represent
the white plain of redemption
to fuck carefully siphoning the blood out of you.
I am reconstructing my body to take in
what you took out, and it fits.”
― APOCRYPHAL
I am born to represent
the white plain of redemption
to fuck carefully siphoning the blood out of you.
I am reconstructing my body to take in
what you took out, and it fits.”
― APOCRYPHAL
“nostalgia will kill the good girl.
the truth is you should not waste your time on being good.”
― APOCRYPHAL
the truth is you should not waste your time on being good.”
― APOCRYPHAL
“In Ancient Egypt, Thoth was worshiped as the deity presiding over writing, magic, wisdom, and the moon. And then there’s Seshat, an ally to the dead and the goddess of writing, libraries, books, and preservation. Seshat and Thoth’s entangled associations with words and magic speak to the power of language and the written word.”
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
“We don’t have to view social media as a waste of time or energy; it can be a tool for magic and beauty and goodness. And when we do this, we lead by example, changing the very fabric of the digital world. Our words are seedlings that will grow into a hundred flowers.”
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
― The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual
