Macy Shackelford

“Well then, it is as you please. This is the dysfunction talking. This is the disease talking. This is how much I miss you talking. This is the deepest blue, talking, talking, always talking to you.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“They colored me pink and wrapped me in floral. They scrubbed the dirt
from under my nails. They wanted you to believe that love is weak, that you
cannot curse and kiss with the same mouth. They wanted you to believe that
the root of love is romance, soft and wide-eyed. See what they did to my stories? My temples? My statues? Regardless of whether you desire it, love is what sits at the core of the world. It is stronger than greed and hate and jealousy and pain. What brings us together will always be more powerful
than what keeps us apart.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“Ralph was being pummeled by the full typhoon of his love for her, one of life’s cruelest tricks, that the extent of this love waits to reveal itself.”
― Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing