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“repeat after me:
you owe
no one
your forgiveness.

- except maybe yourself.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“silence has always been my loudest scream.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i’m not scared
of the monsters

hidden underneath
my bed.

i’m much more scared
of the boys

with messy brown hair,
sleepy eyes,

& mouths
that only know

how to form
half-truths.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years.   -”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i’m pretty sure you have s t a r d u s t running through those v e i n s.   - women are some kind of magic.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“if i ever have a daughter, the first thing i will teach her to love will be the word “no” & i will not let her feel guilty for using it.   - “no” is short for “fuck off.”  ”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“sticks & stones never broke my bones, but words made me starve myself until you could see all of them.   -”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“he
opened me up
like a book
& poured the
poetry
back into
me.

-my personal pen and paper”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“the love
some girls
have for
other girls
is
so gentle
& so soft
& so fucking
beautiful,
&
these girls
deserve
to have
better stories
than the ones
where they
are murdered
because they love
with too much
of their
hearts.

-love is never a weakness.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“all of the oceans
& galaxies
did not
conspire together to
create me
just so i could
reproduce for
you.

-Startling Fact #1”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“if you
don't want to
end up in
someone else's
poem,
then maybe
you should
start
treating
people
better
for
a
change.

- an unapologetic poet.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“it is strange
how
sisters
can
be
saviors
or
strangers
&
sometimes
a bit of both.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“you have
been the
star
of each
& every
one of
my
nightmares.

"- you left but you stayed.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“where
do all the
memories go,
the ones we
hide away
with
lock &
key yet
continue
to shape
us all the
s a m e?

"- did it really happen if i can't remember it?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“a
world
where all

human beings
are taken care of

shouldn't be called

a "revolutionary"
way of life

& yet
it is.

-burn”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“women
don't endure
simply because
we can;

no,

women endure
because we aren't
given any other
choice.

- they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“if
love
is a
battlefield,
then i
must have
forgotten
all of
my armor
at home.

-a war i never agreed to fight”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“no” is short for “fuck off.”  ”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“he promised to fix me & he left me more s h a t t e r e d than i had been before.   - but now i’ve got gold in the cracks.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“just because they don’t hit you doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse.   wouldn’t you think it a crime to look up at the night sky & tell the stars that they have no sparkle?   guess what? you shine brighter than all the starlight there has ever been or ever will be.   - emotional abuse is still abuse.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i bet you regret making an enemy out of me.   -”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i am
a lioness
who is no longer
afraid to let the world
hear her
roar

-an ode to me”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“my boy?
he is even
better than
books.
-fiction has nothing on you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“I am so glad
we were born
during the same
lifetime.
-I may not believe in fate, but I believe in you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“you
are not
obligated
to have
children
just because
your body
has that capability.

you
are so
so
so
much more
than the
possibility
of
children.

you give
birth
to oceans
every
single day.

-your friendly neighborhood man-hater & child-eater.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“you may not have left (many) bruises on my skin, but you left giant blackberry bruises all over my soul.   - i still wonder who i would have been.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“who knew such a young heart could shatter?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“he did not teach me how to love myself, but he was the bridge that helped me get   here.   - i thank the universe every day for you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“when
he left,
he
packed up
all my
poetry
&
took it
with
him.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“i don't
wear makeup for others
the same way
i don't

decorate
my house for others.
this is my
home

&
everything i do
is for
me.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One