Michelle

“if someone had to describe her, they would probably say that she’s the girl who doesn’t believe in anything. in other words, she doesn’t believe that her life is inevitable. she doesn’t believe that tarot cards have the ability to predict her future, as though it’s already been written in the stars; rather, she believes they reveal mere possibilities, & every choice she makes from there weaves her fate. but in that way, i guess you could say she does believe in one thing.



—herself.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things

“horror movies are her favorite,



but it’s not because she wants someone

to come put their arm around her

& protect her during the scary parts.



it’s because she likes being frightened

by something so much less dangerous

than walking alone to her car at night.



—a movie could never murder her.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things

“BABA YAGA:
In every being ; now, you see their eyes as glinting black
seeds, their limbs as sleeves of the dark roots & branches
their bodies hold. Every creature now is a cloak over an evil
plant, growing, wishing you ill or buckling from rot. Every
where you look you see ; the clawing wasteland of yr
nearest time. & Time, coming, will ungnarl the shapes you
see.”
― Taisia Kitaiskaia, Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles

“they know her as the girl who sees signs in everything. at her core, she knows that the dragonflies are probably just dragonflies & the songbirds are probably just songbirds—not guardian angels in disguise, not departed loved ones delivering messages of comfort & reassurance. but if you think that will ever stop her, then you’d be horribly mistaken, for experience has taught her that the faith in miracles is more important than the presence of them. after all, that’s often what creates them in the first place.



—hope is essential.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things