Amie Martine Quotes

“The scene is grim, a dank corridor rising out of Elysium, back to human climes and textures. I feel the man sensing what he’s done and the catastrophic change in the air around him. Grief as swift as a blade that cuts the cord of your innocence but leaves you stranded, still alive and pulsing while she stays stuck in death. Or did she? Now I’m chasing down Eurydice as she disappears into that tunnel. The story of Orpheus no longer interests me; I’ve been there, done that.
What I want to know is how she took it, what she wanted to happen in that moment.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“She denatured the mystery, squeezed a palpable space between the lines, trapped his mind in flattery. Beautiful it was to watch, you all fell through the crack, went down right with him.”
― Laurie Perez, The Cosmos of Amie Martine

“Sunny thought he could rally satisfaction by wringing the bare facts of his befuddlement out through the tight spinners of the Poet’s mind.”
― Laurie Perez, The Cosmos of Amie Martine

“It’s neutral creative territory; it’s where we meet when we really want to connect and elevate the game. We’re not here to impose our brand on each other, but to experience, like embodied spiritual hedonists, the richness of what it means to be — well, what it means to exist, period.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“Not in the sense of confessionals and shameful deeds, but in the sense of self-loathing translated into madness. The sin of a psyche revolting against its own free will, tagging every human interaction with scarring scabs of meanness while inwardly cowering from inadequacy and fear.

This sin has been imposed on him and he bought into it, which in itself is the most sinful fall from grace a human being can take.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“Barefoot on the shore, I steady myself, alone.
Tides sway back and forth as earthly hours trace forward motion on the clock. Reassuring ease refreshes with the smooth, slow bloom of morning twilight, governed with consistent timing by predictable planetary spin.”
― Laurie Perez, The Cosmos of Amie Martine

“And so we entered the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the tiny island of Bequia with entry stamps given as if twisting through a turnstile to enter an amusement park.”
― Laurie Perez, The Power of Amie Martine

“You’re full of keys and clues, crafty in your use of ordinary tools. You were creating from the moment we got here. Poets are formidable spellcasters—and equally skilled at shattering illusions. You’re made to be free from petty manipulations.”
― Laurie Perez, The Cosmos of Amie Martine

“I’ve been traveling in a cocoon. It’s meant to rip apart.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“Sometimes we get lost inside the process. In acting, Amie, it’s almost self-destructive, how much we care. How much of the world I let in and choose to feel. It can be overwhelming if you’re not prepared.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“The sensuality of her grief, thawing. Her power coming into focus, still so chaotic inside her. I love the way she splurged on this hedonistic indulgence: a public cascade of tears. Not sobbing, not beaten, just allowing the ocean inside to surge and be visible, palpable, wet.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“We’re the ones who’ve chosen this role in life, to be taproots sucking on the juice of human consciousness.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“I’m fearless as long as my eyes are open. It doesn’t matter if I belong here or if I never truly gel with humanity. I’m in this game because it’s rich and I’m not going to bed tonight because who knows how much longer I’ll have to spend these endless coins of enlightenment.”
― Laurie Perez, The Look of Amie Martine

“There was always a solution. Sometimes you had to leave your mind behind, let the ground give out beneath you until a rope of clues appeared and pulled the answer to you.”
― Laurie Perez, The COSMOS of Amie Martine