Noémie

“Over the years I have learned that grief is contagious. You can catch it if you get too close.”
― Ella Baxter, New Animal

“What if I’m a beautiful wound people dance inside of?”
― Billy-Ray Belcourt, A Minor Chorus

“I believe all men have a rapist in them, just dying to get out.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Animal

“That moment in my body when the teacher put his hand on my knee to comfort me was the understanding of all of that--that in order to be attractive, irresistible, to be worthy of notice, was to be both beautiful and in open need, to be damaged.”
― Alisson Wood, Being Lolita