11 quotes found
“i am a woman and a poem. visceral”
“healingbeginsthe momentyouwant it to”
“there is no healthier drug than creativity.”
“we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.”
“the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers”
“as a childthere was eitherbooksorpain.i chose books.-how i became a writer”
“the worstthing that ever happenedtothe worldwasthe white man coming across gun powder. the end of the world | the beginning of white supremacy”
“he was so beautiful because when he held her he was not concerned with being a man. being a man had nothing to do with this. these flowers pouring from his chest. weightless”
“there is you and you.this is a relationship.this is the most important relationship.”
“when you allow that man. to walk through your children. plant his feet. in their veins. hold their voices. necks. bodies. inside his violence. you are no longer a mother. when you give him the key ...”
“the rain in this room is low and thickand undressing my heart through the air. intimacy”
