Katie Jackson

“There's no shame in loving life above death. Otherwise I would be dead. What use would that be to the gods, who will not die themselves?”
― Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap

“The highest men are calm, silent and unknown...The true masters seldom reveal themselves, except in the vibrations the leave behind, and upon which the lesser gurus build their doctrines.”
― Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“And gradually we will rot like old ships or trees

But keep Pain far from Me o Lord”
― Breyten Breytenbach, In Africa Even the Flies Are Happy

“I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother told me that in ancient times her rituals were bloody and cruel, but I only half believed it.”
― Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap