Lola

“i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and began again in the morning.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

“In school they told us the president was the best man in the whole country but I knew my father was the best man in the whole country; the country didn't know it, that's all.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.”
― Katherine Alice Applegate, The Beginning