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“I want to say something but shame
prevents me

yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho, Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

“Mom, am I still young? Can I dream for a few months more?”
― Mitski

“But if I gave up on being pretty, I wouldn't know how to be alive. I should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die.”
― Mitski