“At any moment, you know, your manufactured cool could blow.”

“Someone's writing down your mistakes, someone's documenting your downfall. ”

“Girls have to go somewhere dangerous every now and then just so they know they can find their way home.”

“When I knew what I had to do / I took all my notebooks, all my manuscripts / and ate them page by page / so I could take my words with me”

“You will start a band.You will start a magazine.You will start a family.You will finish nothing.”

“The flowers need wateringthe silver needs a shine.Daughter is a magnetdrawn back to where she was last safe.She touches the tablecloth like a talisman.Tell me who I was. Tell me what I’ve become.”

“One day I'll give birth to a tiny baby girland when she's born she'll screamand I'll tell her to never stopI will kiss her before I lay her down at nightand will tell her a story so she knowshow it is and how it must be for her to surviveI'll tell her to set things on fireand keep them burningI'll teach her that fire will not consume herthat she must use it”