“I thought that if I did normal things—held down a job, for example—I could starve off the part of me that hated everything. If I had been a man, I may have turned to a life of crime.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“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?”
― Sappho's Leap
― Sappho's Leap
“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.”
― Sappho's Leap
― Sappho's Leap
“I took a Polaroid of her one night and stuck it into the frame of the mirror in the living room. Reva thought it was a loving gesture, but the photo was really meant as a reminder of how little I enjoyed her company if I felt like calling her later while I was under the influence.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“I know that love is no cure, but rather the disease itself.”
― Sappho's Leap
― Sappho's Leap
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