584
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
—Mary Shelley
588
when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”; when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”.
595
When Atticus said "we drink the poison our minds pour us and wonder why we feel so sick." and when Edgar Allen poe said "I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind."