Jennifer

“you never wish on shooting stars

you wish on the ones

that have the courage to shine where they are,

no matter how dark the night.”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“Do you know they’ve found landmines

in broken women’s souls?”
― Andrea Gibson, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

“Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“She followed the pleasure where it led. She had no weight, no name, no thoughts, no history. Then came a burst of phosphorescence, as though a firework had discharged behind her eyes, and it was over. She felt quiet and warm. For the first conscious moment of her life, her mind was free from wonder, free from worry, free from work or puzzlement. Then, from the middle of that marvelous furred stillness, a thought took shape, took hold, took over. I shall have to do this again.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things