“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows but the damned things learned to swim.”

“Take a lover that looks at you like maybe you are magic.”

“You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.””

“Kiss your own fingertips and hug your own curves. You are made of waves and honey and spicy peppers when necessary. You are a goddess, I hope you haven’t forgotten”