“My first kiss. It's the fastest thing that lasts forever.”
― Dumplin'
― Dumplin'
“To be a Woman and a pedestrian in the city can be combative and exhausting, but sometimes it reminds me that I am in charge and that I will propel myself forward, always forward.”
― Walking Distance
― Walking Distance
“Sometimes I take a step that splits me in two, into the woman who is walking and another woman who steps back, to watch. I wonder what I look like, do I look like an adult with an adult life?”
― Walking Distance
― Walking Distance
“The poem is an engine that takes and takes and takes.”
― My Ariel
― My Ariel
“But being unlikeable wasn’t the reason she was alone. She was alone so she could hear herself thinking. She was alone so she could hear herself living.”
― Pure Colour
― Pure Colour
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