Rosa Scriptum Quotes

“So, I show my uncovered scars
with a sense of pride.
Damn you and damn me.
If we cross swords, neither of us will survive.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“To reach the spirit world
To be free of these promises


I would find you, and we would laugh
at the old ways we tried to love.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“He danced closely but never touched.
The air between them crackling and sparkling like an electrical fire
that must be contained quickly
or it will take everything.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“I am a weapon.
I am laughter taunting.
I have nothing to lose,
a woman judged and found wanting.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“I dreamt of land but that was so long ago.
I don't even know if he still exists.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“The petals are the texture of his lips.
The color is mine.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Go.

The word is my last and most beautiful gift.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Autumn is here and winter is coming.
Two guests I could do without.
I am afraid of them, these strangers
living outside my greenhouse.
They press against the glass, voyeurs,
these seasonal saboteurs.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“Wintering over geraniums
with their pale green gingko leaves─
they have not died, and neither has she,
but the blooms are gone,
and every part of her longs
for red.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum

“The stark nude trees
are old and surviving
without attempting modesty.”
― Anne Fall, Rosa Scriptum