Ingrid Magnussen

Attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention... because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself. Know what you want. And don't let the cattle get in the way.

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White Oleander

Loneliness

You can't be an artist if you don't see.

Don't forget who you are. The best part of me is well-hidden and you have to do the same. Remember it all, every insult, every tear.

They’re dreaming of men who beat them, a backhand, unsubtle kick to the groin. Men who clench their teeth before striking, they hiss, “Look what you’re making me do.” The women cringe even in sleep, under the stares of men’s eyeballs road mapped with veins, popped with rage, the whites the color of mayonnaise left out for a week. One wonders how they could even see to deliver their blows. But women’s fear is a magnet. I hope you don’t know this. It draws the fist, the hands of men, hard as God’s.