Amanda Lovelace

“be waryof the boys whoonly ever tellhalf-thruthsbecause theywill only ever be half in lovewith you-slay those dragons”

“heopened me uplike a book& poured thepoetryback i”

“my boy? he is evenbetter than books. -fiction has nothing on you.”

“it tooklosing himto finally findmyself.It tooklosing hima second timeto be sureof myself.thatwas myfirst actofself-love.”

“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”

“if youdon't want toend up insomeone else'spoem,then maybeyou shouldstarttreatingpeoplebetterfor achange.- an unapologetic poet.”

“fiction:the oceani diveheadfirstintowhen icanno longerbreathe in re”

“it is strangehowsisterscanbesaviorsorstrangers& sometimesa bit of both.”

“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”

“My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.”

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

“ilet myselfknowthat my lifedoesn'thave to be overjust becausetheirs are& i wentahead& paintedthe sunback into my sky.I am allowed to live my life.”

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