Shayna Macleod

“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“horses, in secret, love hats more than any other creature. It is a horse’s tragedy that they can never properly wear one.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

“The world is violent and mercurial--it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love--love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”
― Tennessee Williams

“You can’t kiss a girl into anything.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Six-Gun Snow White