“ I'm standing here, holding a half a lemon in my hand. I'm speechless, I'm excited . . . I'm a wreck. Caleb wants to be where I am. Simone Elkeles
“ Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense.Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works. He says Somehow the mixture of two things is genius. Simone Elkeles
“ My wakeup call wasn’t some light switch of empowerment. From as early as preschool I feared that if I didn’t grow up to be the pretty princess men fawned over, I was a failure. That mentality was my d… Maggie Georgiana Young
“ I was nothing but a failure. A fucked-up, broken shame.I was nothing but this emptiness. A shell ruined by fame.Don’t be afraid to shatter, baby, if that will set you free.I’ll find you in the pieces… Lexi Ryan
“ Southerners have mastered picking, choosing, and rationalizing religious texts to fit their social agenda better than their own mother’s fried chicken recipe. Maggie Georgiana Young
“ Children are often like hostages under the care of authority, with spankings and groundings nudging them like guns pointed at their skulls, threatening to shoot if the wrong words are uttered. Maggie Georgiana Young
“ Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze."Yeah," I say."Why?"I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be. Simone Elkeles
“ Incarceration is when nobody writes a happy ending for a woman without a man. Maggie Georgiana Young
“ Good,’ he said. ‘Cause Maggie’s all the nightmare I can take.’I smiled. ‘Gus, I never knew you dreamed of me.’He gave me a one-fingered salute. Jessica Shirvington
“ We were sexual targets, marked as eternal sluts for exploring the desires only acceptable in men. Maggie Georgiana Young
“ Gus leaned back in his chair, appearing satisfied."Good," he said. "Cause Maggie's all the nightmare I can take."I smiled. "Gus, I never knew you dreamed of me." He gave me a one-fingered salute Jessica Shirvington
