Alice Notley Quotes

“And maybe you can’t know me now.  
Maybe I’m just blood. Whatever that’s for.”
― Alice Notley, In the Pines

“I knew you were in charge of me but my mind broke on its own.”
― Alice Notley, In the Pines

“I didn't care much what happened to me, so chance didn't matter.”
― Alice Notley, In the Pines

“Feeling awful is physiological you say.
God I hate you, I say. Yes you can find the neurons for feeling awful. Do you think you can find the neurons for the fact I hate you?”
― Alice Notley, In the Pines

“It’s all like me; and any song for this would just be bullshit. This is a thing, where they stopped trying, they deserted it, and desertion itself is the only possible song.”
― Alice Notley, In the Pines