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“I did not come into this world
to be comforted.
I came, like red bird, to sing.
But I’m not red bird, with his head-mop of flame
and the red triangle of his mouth
full of tongue and whistles,
but a woman whose love has vanished,
who thinks now, too much, of roots
and the dark places
where everything is simply holding on.”
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

“Do you think you're a train wreck?"
"That would mean I was on the tracks to start with.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“I have told you where I'm coming from, so put it together.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“and you play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.”
― Richard Siken, Crush