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

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

“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”

“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”

“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.”

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

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