“I am not afraid of being alone. Indeed, in small doses, I find it a relief—the presence of people I love overburdens my heart. The times when I think of them from a distance are restful breaks.”— Simone de Beauvoir, tr. by Justin O’Brien, from “The Woman Destroyed,”
In Horizontina, Gisele Bundchen shot by Elaine Constantine for Big #23 1999
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Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
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– Margaret Atwood, from “The Edible Woman,” first published c. 1989 (via violentwavesofemotion)
“I am my own Muse.”— Nikki Giovanni, from Bicycles: Love Poems; “The Joy of Love,”
– Grete Tartler, from Orient Express: Poems; “Burnt Giblets of Game,”
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