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81 " The pain did not make me a better person. It did not teach me not to take anything for granted. It did not teach me anything except how to be afraid to love anyone. "
― Amanda Lovelace , The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
82 " i had a big smileon my faceas i burnedthe bridges to all the thingsi could notrepair-does the smoke still choke you? "
83 " who knew such a young heart could shatter? "
84 " at eleven years old the doctor weighed me & afterwards, my mother told me i was too fat & that i needed to go on a diet immediately. for an entire year, food barely passed through my lips. i did not even allow myself to take a sip of water because i wanted to be so thin that i could blow away with the slightest breeze— disappear. i dropped sixty pounds in a few short months & i had to wear long sleeves to cover up the “cat scratches.” - everybody told me how good i looked, though. "
85 " i hope you can find it in your heart to be proud of the woman i have become in spite of you. - still hoping for sugar instead of salt. "
86 " a bookmad girl never dies. "
87 " whenhe left,he packed upall my poetry&took itwith him. "
88 " your happinesscomes beforeanyone else'shappiness.-the real meaning of 'self respect'. "
89 " Somehow, my soul knew your soul before we ever had the chance to meet. "
90 " when you're taught to see the world through fire, nothing looks safe. "
91 " if i everhave a daughter,the firstthingi will teach herto lovewill bethe word"no"&i willnotlet her feelguilty for usingit. ⎻"no" is short for "fuck off. "
92 " once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the mother-fucking queen of herself. - "
93 " death wound itself around her bones like a piece of red ribbon. "
94 " your death certificate makes the claim that you died on november 3rd at 3:03 AM. that is a lie. you died long before that. - 3 isn’t my lucky number anymore. "
95 " you were in love with the idea of love, not me. "
96 " fiction: the ocean i dive headfirst into when i can no longer breathe in reality. - a mermaid escapist II. "
97 " friends can break your heart, too "
98 " grief clung to her like an old, itchy, faded, ill-fitting, hand-me-down dress. "
99 " if he wasmy cup of tea,then you aremy cup ofcoffee. tea simplyisn’tenoughfor mesometimes, butcoffeecan get methroughanything. - did i make you up? "
100 " That is what abuse is:knowing you aregoing to get saltbut still hoping for sugarfor nineteen years. "