The Princess Saves Herself in this One
Title:: The Princess Saves Herself in this One
Year:: 2016
Author:: Lovelace, Amanda
Genre::
Rating:: 5
date finished:: 2016-07-09
Highlights
fat /fat/ adjective a descriptive word. it has no deeper meaning. it should not determine the worth (or lack thereof) of a human being. - what i know now that i wish i knew then. — location: 106
there came a time when poetry showed me how to bleed without the demand of blood. - my most loyal lover. — location: 203
the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue. - i didn’t realize i could be my own knight. — location: 230
the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. - she never needed those wings. — location: 537
once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the mother-fucking queen of herself. - how’s that for a happily ever after? — location: 542
i am a tigress who has earned her softer-than-velvet stripes. - an ode to my stretchmarks. — location: 762
raid your library. read everything you can get your hands on & then some. go on, collect words & polish them up until they shine like starlight in your palm. make words your finest weapons— a gold-hilted sword to cut your enemies d o w n. - a survival plan of sorts. — location: 789
a world where all human beings are taken care of shouldn’t be called a “revolutionary” way of life & yet it is. - burn. — location: 838
your hips will try to burst through your skin. your thighs will try to grow together like a mermaid’s tail. a soft garden will try to sprout on your legs. (& between your legs, on your upper lip, on your armpits, etc.) no, you are not just here to be sexy for him. the world begins & ends when you say so. - what they don’t want you to know. — location: 870
i’m pretty sure you have s t a r d u s t running through those v e i n s. - women are some kind of magic. — location: 883
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. — location: 915
the only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one. - period, end of story. — location: 924