You could find a new woman anywhere, but then again, the most violent men were always the most sentimental.
“Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.”
― Othello
― Othello
“Your daughter’s face is a small riot,
her hands are a civil war,
a refugee camp behind each ear,
a body littered with ugly things,
but God,
doesn’t she wear
the world well.”
― Our Men Do Not Belong To Us
her hands are a civil war,
a refugee camp behind each ear,
a body littered with ugly things,
but God,
doesn’t she wear
the world well.”
― Our Men Do Not Belong To Us
“the very thought of you
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art”
― Milk and honey
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art”
― Milk and honey
“My unhappiness precluded all else; unhappiness is a kind of narcissism, in which nothing that does not resonate with your unhappiness can interest you.”
― Skin Game
― Skin Game
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