Amity Eagleton

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I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories

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Amity’s Quotes

“I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

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“She thinks of how there’s an invisible expiration date stamped on the forehead of every queer person—how most of society, even other queer people, expect you to wither away, to languish in torment and eventually expire from some incurable illness as if it were proper contrition for your perversity.”
― Eric LaRocca, They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

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“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“she knows full well that any room with a bed in it is a place where a young woman can be hurt.”
― Eric LaRocca, They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

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“I'm becoming an angry person with no tolerance for anyone. I'm aware of this shift and yet have no desire to change it. If anything, I want it. It's armor. It's easier to be angry than to feel to pain underneath it.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

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