“I will always be grateful to her for teaching me, in that moment, that the dance of the priestess, unlike the dance of a stage performer, does not depend on physical fitness and youth. Her dance was the dance of the soul, and no physical frailty could obscure its radiance.”
-Jalaja Bonheim, author of Aphrodite’s Daughters
“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.”
-Mark Overby
“I know I’m an acquired taste: I’m anchovies. And not everyone wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go more places.”
-Tori Amos
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
-Gandhi
“But he that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.”
-Anne Bronte
“Society wants to keep women “small and cozy,/domestic and weak,” just like little bonsai trees. And women fall for it. They physically prune themselves (diets, waxing, liposuction), sacrificing emotional and intellectual growth in pursuit of some feminine fantasy.”
–Mary D. Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Vélez, The Hell with Love: Poems to Mend a Broken Heart
“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
–EL Doctorow
