On The Savage Side Quotes

“She is shiny and rides among the stars”
― Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side

“There are exceptional demons that wait for us all. An infinite pulse that insists we float down the river that has been made for our drowning. In shallow water, rocks mutilate our truths. In the deeper depths, it is our own dying that forms an opinion of us. I wish I could vanish from my death. I wish I could run free with the horses and never again be the daughter of dropped miracles. I wish I could emerge pretty in a dream that fades away every part of myself I have ever hated. My mother hates me. My father hates me. My sister hates me. But the needle loves me.”
― Tiffany McDaniel

“Do you know why I call you Arc?" She smiled out upon the river. "It's not because you dig in the dirt like an archaeologist or like why Mom calls you Arc. I call you Arc not with a c but with a k. Like the ark that saved everyone from the flood. You're my ark, you always have been. There to save me when the flood has come. But the thing about saving someone in the flood is that you have to get in the water, too. Sometimes you don't get back out. I drowned you with me, Arc. Just like Daddy did to Momma. And Momma did to Aunt Clover”
― Tiffany McDaniel

“I envy the woman who is not tired. If such a woman exists.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side