“Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue.”
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“Maybe I don’t have enough beginnings in my life because I fought against the endings that were about to birth those beginnings.”
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“I’m sorry it’s had to be this hard. But if I hadn’t walked this path, who would I be? At the moment I felt at the center of my life, the dream still braided like sweetgrass in my memory. I remembered Duffy’s challenge. Imagine a world worth living in, a world worth fighting for. I closed my eyes and allowed my hopes to soar. I heard the beatings of wings nearby. I opened my eyes. A young man on a nearby rooftop released his pigeons, like dreams, into the dawn.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“Every man inherently wants to idolize his woman. It irks us whenever we find you regular rather than enchanting.”
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