Marie Lopez

“We fill pre-existing forms and when we fill them change them and are changed.”
― Frank Bidart, Desire: Poems

“I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on a map. The process of arrival is more subtle and complex. It involves acts of contrition. You must appease the gods. You must find novel forms of penance. You must tattoo your children and look at the wonder. It's about conjuring and awakening and intuitions you wish you never had.”
― Kate Braverman, Wonders of the West

“The only insult I've ever received in my adult life was when someone asked me, "Do you have a hobby?" A HOBBY?! DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING DABBLER?!”
― John Waters, Role Models

“No emotion is the final one.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit