Shirley

“Fuck her standing,
Fuck her lying,
Cut her throat and fuck her dying,
When she's dead but not forgotten
Dig her up and fuck her rotten.”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

“And you know me—I’m a loud bitch who refuses to shut up, especially in the face of misogyny.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

“Fuck being cool and fuck being chill. If the reward for being the coolest girl in the room is a sliver of attention from the world’s most mediocre men then i would happily commit to never being cool and never being chill.”
― Drew Afualo, Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

“Our eyes hold like our hands won’t. I love you, he blinks. Prove it, I sigh.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks