Tina Cane > Quotes

“Lucky Unlucky

A broken mirror means bad luck and there I was
carrying one around on my back all day like a beast
of burden so that my steps chimed like pocket change
but I was also lucky not to slice the skin of my fingers
each time I reached in to get a pencil or a brush
also lucky enough to move through the world with a name
like Alma which means soul meaning spirit which I have
a lot of or so I am told which I prefer to believe
because it's a free country
I can believe anything I want”
― Tina Cane, Alma Presses Play

“if we concede to exist

as a sudden broken thing not fearful enemies of love

we grow fierce as yes”
― Tina Cane

“I guess if I had to choose a go
it would be books
because they tell you everything
you'd ever want or need to know
without any rules about
what you should be doing
who you should like
or how you should think
even though fiction is made up.”
― Tina Cane, Alma Presses Play

“I just don't understand.
Not talking
about things
doesn't make them go away.”
― Tina Cane, Alma Presses Play

“So far, being thirteen is a lot like mythology - by which I mean kind of complicated and a little confusing, with a bunch of crazy characters, some drama, and maybe some lessons for us mortals to understand.”
― Tina Cane, Alma Presses Play

“I don't think you can choose
who you fall in love with
only maybe what you do
once you've fallen.”
― Tina Cane, Alma Presses Play