A biography for Amanda Lovelacehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”