“Lucky Beauty. Her beast was a man in beast trappings. Far scarier is a beast in the trappings of a man.”
― Strands of Bronze and Gold
― Strands of Bronze and Gold
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.”
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“And when you spoke to me, I did not know
That to my life's high altar came its priest.”
― The Collected Poems
That to my life's high altar came its priest.”
― The Collected Poems
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