“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.”
“Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.”
“I can’t tell you just how wonderful she is. I don’t want you to know. I don’t want any one to know.”
“We’re so caught up in trying to do everything, experience all the essential things, not miss out on anything important…We can’t read all the good books, watch all the good films, go to all the best cities in the world, try all the best restaurants, meet all the great people…Life is better when we don’t try to do everything. Learn to enjoy the slice of life you experience, and life turns out to be wonderful.”
“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”
“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”
“That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.”
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
“Shine on, you beautiful being, and if they cannot handle your light, let their eyes burn.”
“I think the world as I know it is a massive web of feminine guilt. We all mourn and make up for not just our own catastrophes, but also everyone else’s.”