Anne Fall > Quotes

“He danced closely but never touched.
The air between them crackling and sparkling like an electrical fire
that must be contained quickly
or it will take everything.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“To reach the spirit world
To be free of these promises


I would find you, and we would laugh
at the old ways we tried to love.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“So, I show my uncovered scars
with a sense of pride.
Damn you and damn me.
If we cross swords, neither of us will survive.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“I dreamt of land but that was so long ago.
I don't even know if he still exists.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“I am self-contained, a woman unchained.
Has there ever been a creature more disdained?”
― Anne Fall

“I am a weapon.
I am laughter taunting.
I have nothing to lose,
a woman judged and found wanting.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Autumn is here and winter is coming.
Two guests I could do without.
I am afraid of them, these strangers
living outside my greenhouse.
They press against the glass, voyeurs,
these seasonal saboteurs.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“The stark nude trees
are old and surviving
without attempting modesty.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Go.

The word is my last and most beautiful gift.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Wintering over geraniums
with their pale green gingko leaves─
they have not died, and neither has she,
but the blooms are gone,
and every part of her longs
for red.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“The petals are the texture of his lips.
The color is mine.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum