how can i accept womanhood when i never got over girlhood
It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.
Myra McEntire
a place for dreaming
Leila Chatti, “Tea”
When you become 20 something, you have to forgive yourself or you will never grow up. You have to forgive yourself for everything and learn from it.
a you-shaped hole in the universe
Celia Paul, Ocean Vuong, Owen Gent, Alejandra Pizarnik (trans. Yvette Siegert), Karman Verdi, Edna St Vincent Millay
Nicole Kidman in Practical magic
Leila Chatti, Morcellation

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