“Maybe touching someone is the kindest thing you can do; making a person feel like it's okay to touch them, that they're touchable and not disgusting, is the easiest and best way to make a person feel good in the world.”
― Motherthing
― Motherthing
“I, however, took love much more seriously. Love was no girlhood game. It was an iron yoke, forged in fire and heavy to wear.”
― A Dowry of Blood
― A Dowry of Blood
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“I realized that "demon" is a subjective term, and the splitting of my identity between devil and God, between impure and pure, was something that my mum did to me, rather than the reality of my existence.”
― Woman, Eating
― Woman, Eating
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