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“The centre of every poem is this:
I have loved you. I have had to deal with that.

— Salma Deera, Letters from Medea (2015)”
― Salma Deera, Letters From Medea

“People always think we look for love at our lowest to distract us. I am convinced we do it because we want someone to look us in the eye, to look our ugly in the eye and still choose us. I didn’t want a distraction, I wanted you to see a mess and still find me worthy of love, to tell me that you could still love me anyway.”
― Georges Bataille, The Dead Man

“our mouths are wounds that speak in tongues of healing.
we say, sacrifice.
we mean, murder.
our lips are red for a reason.”
― Yves Olade, Bloodsport

“You look like you’ve eaten the sun, like
you drank so much sunlight you’re drowning in it.”
― Yves Olade, Bloodsport