“Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum. But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the…”— Laura Gilpin, rolfpotts.com
“We come in peace but we don't come in pieces.”— Chance The Rapper, Taylor Bennett, CocoRosie, open.spotify.com
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“i do not beg. i do not ask for forgiveness. i do not hold my breath while he finishes. the man tells me he does not love me, and he does not love me. the man tells me who he is, and i listen. i have so much beautiful time.”— Olivia Gatwood, amazon.com
“desire is something you can fake and make and mold and carve Desire creates more desires and the quickest way to feel desired is to be someone who desires.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“The new army of Insta-poets offers short, crisp, yet meaningful lines that the youth can relate to—but most importantly, appreciate it in real time. These lines satiate our thirst for something meaningful that our otherwise fast-paced, shallow lives lack...”— Gariyashi Bhuyan, idiva.com
“Fairytales are so iconic, and form such a framework for so much of our fiction, that it is definitely time to address these stories and give them a feminist spin. We want our children to grow up reading about women who rise above the stereotype, stretching and shaping what it means to be a woman tod…”— Venetia Gosling, Natasha Onwuemezi, thebookseller.com
“And no one knew what I was missing until a doctor gave me a handful of Lego and said to put a brick on the table every time I heard a sound.”— Raymond Antrobus, Sian Cain, theguardian.com
“Our battle, our struggle, is to create art. Our weapon is the moving picture. Because we have the moving picture, our paintings will grow and recede; our poetry will be shadows that lengthen and conceal; our light will play across living faces that laugh and agonize; and our music will linger and fi…”— Steven Katz, F. W. Murnau, John Malkovich, imdb.com
“You’ve read the story of ‘Jesse James’, Of how he lived and died. If you’re still in need Of something to read, Here’s the story of ‘Bonnie and Clyde. Some day they’ll go down together they’ll bury them side by side to few it’ll be grief to the law a relief but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.”— Bonnie Parker, theguardian.com
“The drunken poet... isn’t merely drunk in the way a lawyer might be drunk, or an orthopedic surgeon, or even just a sad, anxious person. No, the poet has made a sacrifice. He is drunk for art.”— David Orr, nytimes.com
“Maybe I’m not what you want; I’m just what distracts you until you get it. But I hope you still want me when you aren’t lonely.”— Chloë Frayne, instagram.com
“I think I might always be jealous of the way sunlight touches your skin.”— Chloë Frayne, instagram.com
“I will say it as many times as it takes for you to believe it: You are not a burden.”— Chloë Frayne, instagram.com