“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
― Milk and honey
― Milk and honey
“Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.”
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
“most importantly love
like it's the only thing you know how
at the end of the day all this
means nothing
this page
where you're sitting
your degree
your job
the money
nothing even matters
except love and human connection
who you loved
and how deeply you loved them
how you touched the people around you
and how much you gave them”
― Milk and honey
like it's the only thing you know how
at the end of the day all this
means nothing
this page
where you're sitting
your degree
your job
the money
nothing even matters
except love and human connection
who you loved
and how deeply you loved them
how you touched the people around you
and how much you gave them”
― Milk and honey
“you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow”
― Milk and Honey
― Milk and Honey
“I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.”
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
― The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
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