Reclamation Quotes

“Bitch. Noun. Though formal definitions dictate a worthless woman, a shameful she-devil, a heinous hellcat, a shrill shrew, a curse of a cunt, or someone of the like... we all know a man wrote that shit.”
― Britt Greifeld, Sour

“One of the most perplexing contradictions is ‘who we are’ verses ‘who we’ve become’. And if we don’t reclaim the former, there will be very little that is authentic about the latter.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“There would be a general reclaiming of fallen buttons and misplaced spectacles, of neighbors and kin, till time and error and accident were undone, and the world became comprehensible and whole.”
― Marilynne Robinson

“Enough rationalization. They simply had what you wanted, so you took it.

[My chair-- I shit on my good chair!]

You shit more than just your chair.

You shit the world. All you ever cared about was winning -- And you did.

The last man standing on a mountain of filth [. . .]

Kazumi taught forgiveness. She accepted all refugees looking for a better life. And you turned that against her.

Kazumi would show mercy.

I'm not Kazumi.”
― Rick Remender, Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us

“The poet must rethink her writing activities in such a way as to désoublier (to unforget), détaire (to unsilence), déterrer (to unbury), se désaveugler (to unbind), se dessourdier (to undeafen), in an endeavor to displace all that has been repressed, incorporated, appropriated. This is the poet’s way of fighting.”
― Verena Andermatt Conley, Hélène Cixous: Writing the Feminine

“He tried to wear my voice, then wear my life. He cannot have either.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Copycat Crush: A Gritty Urban Thriller About Imitation, Theft, and a Man Who Loves You So Hard He Becomes Your Biggest Hater

“You copied entire lines, then called me jealous when I noticed my own reflection in your sentences.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Copycat Crush: A Gritty Urban Thriller About Imitation, Theft, and a Man Who Loves You So Hard He Becomes Your Biggest Hater

“This is not the sad tale of a failed marriage, or the tragic saga of a helicopter that fell out of the sky and stole precious people away. It’s the story of how I came to be. How I was able to love and forgive and heal from the inside out to create a wild and beautiful life where I am free. The process of revisiting and reconciling has been terrifying and transformative, rage-inducing and revolutionary. Through it all, the truth has been laid bare to honor the moments where I was reborn. Once I ventured into the Elysian Fields of my own truth and power, there was no returning to a world so small that it no longer contained my expansion. This wasn’t just any journey, it was the journey, the most important one I could ever take.”
― Sarah May, She Journeys: A Memoir of Heartbreak and Homecoming

“I summon the girl who jumps at every shadow.
I summon the breath that never came whole.
I summon the ache buried in clothes that smiled.”
― Rita Kay, Her Fire Touched the Sky: Poems of Trauma, Survival, Healing, and the Quiet Rebuilding of a Soul

“They tried to make me a fable.
I rewrote myself into pyre.”
― Rita Kay, Her Fire Touched the Sky: Poems of Trauma, Survival, Healing, and the Quiet Rebuilding of a Soul

“Breathe. Keep on. We’ve got galaxies to set alight.”
― Rita Kay, Her Fire Touched the Sky: Poems of Trauma, Survival, Healing, and the Quiet Rebuilding of a Soul

“You didn’t take from the land without giving something back.”
― Bruno Petosa, No Operator on Board: Pushback