“ah, life—the thingthat happensto uswhile we’re offsomewhere elseblowing ondandelions& wishingourselves intothe pages ofour favoritefairy tales.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“I was the one thing he had to deny– the beautiful truth within his terrible lie.-who knew such a young heart could shatter?”
— Amanda Lovelace
“the love some girls have for other girls is so gentle & so soft & so fucking beautiful, & these girls deserve to have better stories than the ones where they are murdered because they love with too much of their hearts.- love is never a weakness”
— Amanda Lovelace
“they saythey only wantflowersto grow frommy mouth,so i willlook themdeadin theeyeas ishovesoft petalspastmy lips,chewwithmy jawcompletelyunhinged,& spitthemdownattheir feet-i will never be your expectations of me”
— Amanda Lovelace
“revenge was never my intention.-but it still tastes sweeter than honey”
— Amanda Lovelace
“heopened me uplike a book& poured thepoetryback i”
— Amanda Lovelace
“i’m sorryif iwasn’t the daughteryou hadin mind-i only ever wanted to make you proud-”
— Amanda Lovelace
“i used to thinki was brokenbecausei never oncespent mydaydreamsplucking swollen pomegranatesfrom someone else’s tree.- then i learned that society is broken, not me.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“all of the oceans& galaxiesdid notconspire together tocreate mejust so i couldreproduce for you.-Startling Fact #1”
— Amanda Lovelace
“fiction:the oceani diveheadfirstintowhen icanno longerbreathe in re”
— Amanda Lovelace
“it tooklosing himto finally findmyself.It tooklosing hima second timeto be sureof myself.thatwas myfirst actofself-love.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“it is strangehowsisterscanbesaviorsorstrangers& sometimesa bit of both.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“ilet myselfknowthat my lifedoesn’thave to be overjust becausetheirs are& i wentahead& paintedthe sunback into my sky.I am allowed to live my life.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“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”
— Amanda Lovelace
“be waryof the boys whoonly ever tellhalf-thruthsbecause theywill only ever be half in lovewith you-slay those dragons”
— Amanda Lovelace
“My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“if youdon’t want toend up insomeone else’spoem,then maybeyou shouldstarttreatingpeoplebetterfor achange.- an unapologetic poet.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“the only thing required to be a woman is to identifyas one.- period, end of story.”
— Amanda Lovelace
“my boy? he is evenbetter than books. -fiction has nothing on you.”
— Amanda Lovelace