flowersofzephyr

"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again and the great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves and even loved in spite of ourselves."

Franz Kafka, from Letters to Milena

— Danzy Senna

- James Baldwin

There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.

“Women and monsters have a lot in common”

Sady Doyle

The Harpy, Ellie Wriglesworth

The mother's injuries are handed down to the daughter. the mother's failures are paid for by the daughter. the mother's unhappiness will be the daughter's unhappiness. it's as if the umbilical cord had never been cut. is that true? is the daughter's misfortune the mother's triumph? is my grief your secret pleasure?

Anne Sexton

Edgar Allan Poe

The more you grow older, the anger towards your mother slowly transforms into grief and guilt when her sufferings becomes clearer and it is the worst feeling in the world to know you were a part of causing it too.