The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One Quotes

“women
don't endure
simply because
we can;

no,

women endure
because we aren't
given any other
choice.

- they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“i don't
wear makeup for others
the same way
i don't

decorate
my house for others.
this is my
home

&
everything i do
is for
me.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“To be a woman is to be warbound, knowing all the odds are stacked against you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Ready for a harsh truth? Women don’t need your validation. We already have our own.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“if
the very
idea
of
standing up
for myself
frightens you
so
damn much
then
i guess
the power
you thought
you held
over ome
wasn't that
impressive
in the
first place.

-fragile masculinity”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“But what if the devil is just a woman who was banished to hell to stoke the flames as punishment for standing up to him?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“I bleed twelve weeks a year, so I know a thing or two about bloodstains.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“gods, i hope i terrify you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Curves and fat and rolls are a colossal ‘fuck you’ to the patriarchy – our accidental rebellion.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“you are your own lighthouse.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“telling me
not all men
have
bad intentions

doesn't do
anything to
reassure
me.

after i
walk away from you,
nothing will have
changed.

i will still
be scared to
leave my house
after sundown.

i will still
find comfort
in keys resting
between fingers,

i will still
question
the intentoins of
every man i know

i will still
wonder
when i am
to become

a story
meant to warn
other people's
daughters,

& i will still
cry when i turn on
the television
to find

yet
another man
getting away
with

well--
what they
always seem to
get away with.

i am not
the one who
has to change
the way i think
or the way i act.
they are.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“It’s such a shame that you will finally have to learn that there are consequences to treating women like they’re nothing. You may have gotten to walk away, but a piece of me will follow you forever. Now, isn’t that romantic?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“I am not the one who has to change the way I think or the way I act. They are.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“women are libraries about to burst.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Fuck the idea of staying calm.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“my self-worth shouldn’t feel like an act of bravery.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“call me
bitch.

call me
villain.

call me
she-wolf.

call me
bad omen.

call me
your worst nightmare

wearing a
red-lipped smile.

-even better, call me by my name.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Women endure because we aren’t given any other choice.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“to be a
woman
is to be
warbound,
k n o w i n g
all the odds
are stacked
against you.

- & never giving up in spite of it.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“forget being
lady-like
& allow yourself
to show
the world
just how
unapolegeticaly
angry
this inequality
makes you”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“ready for a
harsh truth?

women
don't need
your validation.

we
already have
our own.

- my self-worth shouldn't feel like an act of bravery.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Let it guide you into a grand love affair with yourself. Until the love becomes so second nature you need it no more.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“fuck the idea of staying calm. there’s no such thing as a kind uprising. there are no “please”s, no “thank you”s, & no justice without yelling.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“tell me
something,
would you?

haven't you
ever wished

you could
dance

in the ashes
of everyone who

ever doubted
your worth

& scoffed at
your words?

(shh
it's okay.
i won't tell)”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“Sometimes friendship is the motherfucking prizes, so be grateful I let you in at all.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“safety has never been our privilege”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“some destruction is beautiful.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“this is
an overdue
love letter
to each
& every
woman
who walked
these fields
before me
&
made
the path
soft enough
for me to
walk through
to get to
the side
they could
never reach.
for that,
i owe you
so much.
- but i owe some things to myself, too.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“i
can't seem
to recall
agreeing
to be a
casualty
of these
manmade
disasters”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One

“red lipstick: an external sign of internal fire.-we tried to warn you.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One