“Listen closer, listen smaller, listen lighter, to any noise at all, and hear what the world will still sound like, long after your concert ends.”
― Orfeo
― Orfeo
“How can a person claim to love you and yet want you to do things that suit only them? Udenna was like that.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck
“But news right now is like a flock of speeded-up sheep running off the side of a cliff.”
― Autumn
― Autumn
“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“And I think about all the things we could be
if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.”
― The Poet X
if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.”
― The Poet X
500 Great Books By Women
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500 Great Books By Women A Reader's Guide to the Worlds of Women's Writing Be sure to check out the bookshelf and see if you've reviewed any of the ...more
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