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the match-boys cannot take the wronged woman’s wrath of artemis, goddess of hunt(ing the ones who come for women like me with hate-filled eyes).
i may not survive the match-boys, but my bitch-fire will survive them all.
we say, “the only thing we’re guilty of is being women.”
they should be afraid of us. - the first lesson in fire.
i’m afraid i must confess i inherited my mother’s rage & the mother-rage that came before her & all the mother-rage that raced down every branch of our tangled up family tree. - nothing can extinguish me.
love this one so much
keep an eye out for all those quietly reckless, knotty-haired girls. you know you can’t hold back a wildfire, don’t you? - trouble trouble.
women: we can spin g o l d out of d i r t. - bewitching.
women: we can magic f i r e out of a i r. - bewitching II.
every woman is authentic.
little did they know, our woman-rage-fire would light our path home just fine. - you are your own lighthouse.
to be a woman is to be warbound, k n o w i n g all the odds are stacked against you. - & never giving up in spite of it.
red lipstick: an external sign of internal fire. - we tried to warn you.
red lipstick: battle cry. battle cry. battle cry. - we tried to warn you II.
in our bellies: fire fire fire & sometimes not much else. - these are the real hunger games.
in our hands: embers embers embers just waiting for the opportunity to ignite. - catching fire is so, so easy.
don’t you know a woman’s anguish could cause e x p l o s i o n s in other dimensions? - if you don’t, you’re going to find out.
burn whoever tries to burn you. - coven rule #2.
eat. fill yourself with energy, with sunlight. treat your body to tenderness & lavender. - we need you here & whole.
no matter what they tell you, it is not your job to be polite to anyone who is not polite to you first. - get up, you are nobody’s doormat.
you are the lucky ace of the deck, a burning arrow piercing through their so-called hollow tree hatred. you. are. - embr(ace).
call me bitch. call me villain. call me she-wolf. call me bad omen. call me your worst nightmare wearing a red-lipped smile. - even better, call me by my name.
you gentle (comma) strong (comma) resilient (comma) d e a d l y creature (comma) you (period) - you are an unstoppable force.
i’m pretty sure you have w i t c h c r a f t running through those v e i n s. - women are some kind of magic II.
& in this castle made of witch-fire we are all motherfucking queens.
today you are the fire & tomorrow you will be the sea & they’ll have no choice but to hear your siren song. - amanda lovelace
