“Let myself go on and rise from violation, from something stolen from me and my body”

“you took the word lesbian off the shelf and put it on”

“These women make a stark parody of the exploitation of female sex”

“used as a tool across race and time to create — and preserve — extreme social stratification”

“Being around the people I care about makes me feel lonelier”

“You can’t be a revolutionary without educating yourself”

“My mind was wild. I told myself I just didn’t care about anything.”

“he complex glory of being wrong and learning from it”

“This Big D. Not the dick. The divorce.”

“I imagine myself swaddled once again in cozy thick fabrics in front of a fireplace”

“Maybe I should cut her hair while she’s sleeping.”

“someone or something I love is separated from me”

“I hear my name and “possible gang member.””

“he put a noose around his neck and used the limb as a platform to exit his life”

“I do not know why you shudder when two men kiss”

“I open the gown reluctantly and brace for the ungentle probing I’ve come to expect”

“A hardening from head to toe, as if I’d armored myself”

“At couples counseling, the Kleenex box is on the side, half-empty.”

“I was the first woman you’d eaten and you were the second woman I’d eaten “