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Enter the Body
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Joy McCullough2,128 ratings, 3.98 average rating, 577 reviews
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“One can bear the weight of a kingdom without crushing all who cross their path. Loving does not make one weak. Another voice will not drown out the first. Sometimes they harmonize.”
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“But only notice me
When you have use
And I will scream
So loud I'll wake the dead,
And they might have
Some words for you.”
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When you have use
And I will scream
So loud I'll wake the dead,
And they might have
Some words for you.”
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“Hamlet dies too, but no one paints his corpse. They analyze his thoughts and words- so many words. So many more words than I get. They clamor to play Hamlet, and then Lear. Who also dies. Dying isn't the problem. Being remembered only for our deaths and the moments they gave to the men onstage with us- that's what I'm over.”
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“We don't jump, intentional.
Shuffle, unsure.
We don't confidently strut
or crawl in despair.
We're not dropped
by some unseen hand,
we don't squeeze in
or glide with grace.
We don't sprint (even when
some might claim we're rushing).
And we don't soar heavenward.
We fall.
Tumbling head over heels...”
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Shuffle, unsure.
We don't confidently strut
or crawl in despair.
We're not dropped
by some unseen hand,
we don't squeeze in
or glide with grace.
We don't sprint (even when
some might claim we're rushing).
And we don't soar heavenward.
We fall.
Tumbling head over heels...”
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“Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through, who she'll be, if given the chance.”
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“Broken people can be loved.”
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“The telling of stories holds back the weight of time.”
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“Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not.”
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“What a story that would be, what hard-hearted storyteller, cynical and cruel, would bring together not only two lovers but great shining hopes for peace, only to send them to their mutual deaths on the stones below?”
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“But love is weakness. Love is ripping out your beating heart, laid bare to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Or maybe that vulnerability is a kind of strength.”
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