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“I’m sorry you couldn’t find me. I have been in the woods. I put myself there because I couldn’t be good. I have been running with foxes and running with crows and I have found myself a home where no one goes.”
― Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
― Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
“My ambition has long felt oppressive. It is not a joy—it is a master that I must answer to, a smoke that descends into my life, making it hard to breathe. It is only my discipline, my willingness to push myself harder, that has been my way through.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
― Carrie Soto Is Back
“This poem is not good enough because
Other women have also written poems
And, as everyone knows
There can only be one woman
Above all the others
Who has clawed and killed to get there
But maybe she doesn't have children
So
She's not good enough either
And she dies on the heap
with the rest of us”
― Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
Other women have also written poems
And, as everyone knows
There can only be one woman
Above all the others
Who has clawed and killed to get there
But maybe she doesn't have children
So
She's not good enough either
And she dies on the heap
with the rest of us”
― Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
“Lots of people deserve to die,” said the dust-wife finally. “Not everybody deserves to be a killer.”
― Nettle & Bone
― Nettle & Bone
“They will call you hysterical no matter how much dignity you have. So you might as well do whatever the hell you want.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
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