The Princess Saves Herself in this One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)

by Amanda Lovelace

that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar

silence has always been my loudest scream.

i am far too young to be so goddamn broken & if i could go back in time & give myself her childhood back, i would.

once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the motherfucking queen of herself.

i would like to look into a mirror without immediately looking away. - healing is ongoing II.

if i ever have a daughter, the first thing i will teach her to love will be the word “no” & i will not let her feel guilty for using it. - “no” is short for “fuck off.”

we are the generation you gave participant trophies to. we are the generation you made wear helmets, elbow pads, & kneepads. we are the generation you gave censored CDs & PG movies to. we are the generation you spent years overprotecting then threw to the wolves. now we are the generation running on nothing but coffee & three hours of sleep. we are the generation working minimum-wage jobs with college degrees. we are the generation making just enough money to survive. we are the generation you didn’t want to see fail then ensured that we did. - millennials.

food is not the enemy. - society is.

you did absolutely nothing to deserve it. - fuck rape culture.

repeat after me: you owe no one your forgiveness. - except maybe yourself.

the only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one. - period, end of story.

just because they don’t hit you doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse. wouldn’t you think it a crime to look up at the night sky & tell the stars that they have no sparkle? guess what? you shine brighter than all the starlight there has ever been or ever will be. - emotional abuse is still abuse.