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

by Amanda Lovelace

when i had no friends i reached inside my beloved books & sculpted some out of 12 pt times new roman. - & it was almost good enough.

at eleven years old the doctor weighed me & afterward, my mother told me i was too fat & that i needed to go on a diet immediately. for an entire year, food barely passed through my lips. i did not even allow myself to take a sip of water because i wanted to be so thin that i could blow away with the slightest breeze— d i s a p p e a r . i dropped sixty pounds in a few short months & i had to wear long sleeves to cover up my only catharsis. - everybody told me how good i looked, though.

silence has always been my loudest scream.

the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue. - i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.

you will never get to finish this particular book you will never get to start or finish another book ever again you will never get to see me graduate from college you will never meet the love of my life you will never be there for my wedding you will never read these words

somehow, my soul knew your soul before we ever had the chance to meet. - it was like coming home after a long, long day.

i would say you held the key to my heart, but you never needed it. - from the beginning i knew i could leave it unlocked for you.