Vanessa

“at eleven years old the doctor weighed me & afterwards, my mother told me i was too fat & that i needed to go on a diet immediately. for an entire year, food barely passed through my lips. i did not even allow myself to take a sip of water because i wanted to be so thin that i could blow away with the slightest breeze— disappear. i dropped sixty pounds in a few short months & i had to wear long sleeves to cover up the “cat scratches.”   - everybody told me how good i looked, though.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“you
are not
obligated
to have
children
just because
your body
has that capability.

you
are so
so
so
much more
than the
possibility
of
children.

you give
birth
to oceans
every
single day.

-your friendly neighborhood man-hater & child-eater.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“my boy?
he is even
better than
books.
-fiction has nothing on you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“write the story.
push your hands into the dirtiest parts of yourself.
take the rot & decay & turn it into nourishment & life.
water it & sing to it & show it sunlight.
grow a beautiful garden from your aching & teach yourself how to thrive from it.
write your story.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One