Michelle > Michelle's Quotes

“Miraculously recover or die. That's the extent of our cultural bandwidth for chronic illness.”
― S. Kelley Harrell

“If I only could explain
How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain.”
― Jenni Johanna Toivonen

“You spend a lot of time thinking about how awful the prison is rather than envisioning your future.”
― Piper Kerman

“It is like walking down a street and every so often someone beats the shit out of you. You mostly heal, but some injuries just don’t, and then you go out and walk some more, and someone comes by and beats the shit out of you again.”
― Jade Sharma, Problems

“As if you were on fire from within.

The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
― Pablo Neruda

“If the moon smiled, she would resemble you.
You leave the same impression
Of something beautiful, but annihilating.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition