“the only thing required to be a woman is to identifyas one.- period, end of story.”

“the only thing required to be a woman is to identifyas one.- period, end of story.”

“over the decadesher books becamesuch a part of herthatthe ink somehow escapedher veins & bloomedher favorite words & imagesonto her skin.nowthe worldwould have no doubt:she was thepageboundgirl- page to skin”

“they saythey only wantflowersto grow frommy mouth,so i willlook themdeadin theeyeas ishovesoft petalspastmy lips,chewwithmy jawcompletelyunhinged,& spitthemdownattheir feet-i will never be your expectations of me”

“ah, life—the thingthat happensto uswhile we’re offsomewhere elseblowing ondandelions& wishingourselves intothe pages ofour favoritefairy tales.”

“revenge was never my intention.-but it still tastes sweeter than honey”

“heopened me uplike a book& poured thepoetryback i”

“i'm sorryif iwasn't the daughteryou hadin mind-i only ever wanted to make you proud-”

“i used to thinki was brokenbecausei never oncespent mydaydreamsplucking swollen pomegranatesfrom someone else's tree.- then i learned that society is broken, not me.”

“all of the oceans& galaxiesdid notconspire together tocreate mejust so i couldreproduce for you.-Startling Fact #1”

“fiction:the oceani diveheadfirstintowhen icanno longerbreathe in re”