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  • #1
    James Baldwin
    “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
    James A. Baldwin

  • #2
    Zora Neale Hurston
    “Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
    Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

  • #3
    Diane Arbus
    “A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”
    Diane Arbus

  • #4
    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #5
    Zora Neale Hurston
    “People can be slave ships in shoes.”
    Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road

  • #6
    Amy King
    “There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have words.”
    Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

  • #7
    Amy King
    “ASK NOT IF POETRY IS DEAD, ASK HOW YOU CAN LIVE FOR POETRY.”
    Amy King

  • #8
    Amy King
    “THE AMPUTATED HEART
    BEATS HARDER”
    Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

  • #9
    Amy King
    “I WISH YOU ALL THE REALITY YOU COULD EVER WANT. HANDLE. WANT.”
    Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

  • #10
    Amy King
    “STUFF POETS STILL LIKE: POETRY”
    Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

  • #11
    Amy King
    “HER BARBED-WIRE SMILE
    LIFTED YOU TO HEAVEN
    BUT I HAVE TO ASK
    DID GOD LOOK LIKE HER VOICE”
    Amy King, This Opera of Peace

  • #12
    Amy King
    “POETRY SHAPES MY GENDER.”
    Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

  • #13
    Amy King
    “YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.”
    Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

  • #14
    Amy King
    “LIFE IS NEVER OVER.”
    Amy King, The Good Campaign

  • #15
    Amy King
    “POETRY HAS A PEPTIC PRESENCE. PRESENTLY.”
    Amy King, Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country

  • #16
    Amy King
    “DESPITE THE INVENTION OF TIME MACHINES, WE KEEP BEING LINEAR.”
    Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

  • #17
    Amy King
    “ERRORS ARE WHAT MAKE US HUMAN. PLOT TWIST: I'M A HORSE.”
    Amy King, Slaves to Do These Things

  • #18
    Amy King
    “SPOILER ALERT: EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE & DIES!”
    Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

  • #19
    Amy King
    “WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.”
    Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

  • #20
    Amy King
    “IT'S NOT THE HONEY WHISKEY IN A FRIDAY NIGHT - IT'S THE MANIC SHOW OF POETRY TWEETS THAT TURNS ME ON.”
    Amy King, I Want to Make You Safe

  • #21
    Amy King
    “SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GET USED TO IT. QUESTION MARK.”
    Amy King, The Good Campaign

  • #22
    Amy King
    “OMG! I DESIGNED THIS NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM! IT'S CALLED "POETRY" - YOU HAVE TO READ AMY KING'S POEMS TO GET AN INVITE ~”
    Amy King, I'm the Man Who Loves You

  • #23
    Amy King
    “SO MANY PEOPLE, SO FEW POETS”
    Amy King

  • #24
    Tomaž Šalamun
    “Amy King is a true bard.”
    Tomaž Šalamun

  • #25
    Amy King
    “YOUR WORDS ARE MADE OF THE AIR I BREATHE.”
    Amy King

  • #26
    Sándor Márai
    “We were quite different, but we belonged together, we were more than the sum of our two selves, we were allies, we made our own community, and that is rare in life.”
    Sándor Márai, Embers



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