jamie

“Christ's disciples hate the poor and love the banks, who now have voting rights, and genders. All of the banks are men now. You're welcome.”
― Sasha Fletcher, Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World

“Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled—
to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.”
― Mary Oliver

“How I go to the wood

Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single
friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore
unsuitable.

I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds
or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of
praying, as you no doubt have yours.

Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit
on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds,
until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost
unhearable sound of the roses singing.

If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love
you very much.”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

“Women apologize too much, I once decided, and made myself stop, and now found it incredibly difficult to tell anyone I was sorry.”
― Sheila Heti, How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life