Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic. Francesca Lia Block More Quotes by Francesca Lia Block More Quotes From Francesca Lia Block I will be thin and pure like a glass cup. Empty. Pure as light. Music. I move my hands over my body - my shoulders, my collarbone, my rib cage, my hip bones like part of an animal skull, my small thighs. In the mirror my face is pale and my eyes look bruised. My hair is pale and thin and the light comes through. I could be a lot younger than seventeen. I could be a child still, untouched. Francesca Lia Block eye children moving Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of us. Francesca Lia Block blossoming stories tree Any love that is love is right. Francesca Lia Block love-is Ugster vinyl pumps, Partridge Family records, plastic daisy jewelry, old postcards. . . . It's a magpie Christmas market. Francesca Lia Block pumps records christmas Welcome Beauty, banish fear. Francesca Lia Block welcome Think of your pain like a bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one. Francesca Lia Block pain beautiful thinking In Mexico people wear hummingbird amulets around their necks to show they are searching for love. Here people pretend that they aren’t. Searching. Francesca Lia Block amulets mexico people He was so handsome,but he didn't look well.He reminded her of a cigarette. Francesca Lia Block handsome cigarette looks I didn't tell him that what I was most scared of, most haunted by, was something I didn't understand and could never run away from. It was myself. Francesca Lia Block scared fear running But death is stronger than that and when you cover your eyes you are the one who can't see the dark. The dark still sees you. Francesca Lia Block stronger eye dark Let's not be afraid of anything that can't really hurt us. Francesca Lia Block hurt My heart is a teacup with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to walk real carefully so it won't get shaken and just all shatter and break. Francesca Lia Block cracks real heart She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be. Francesca Lia Block numbness dolls mouths Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating. Francesca Lia Block healing teacher believe It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages. Francesca Lia Block scary messages world I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence. Francesca Lia Block teenager influence parent I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one. Francesca Lia Block writing giving thinking If Death is your father, you don't ever have to worry about what part of his body the disease will strike next. If Death is your lover, you don't have to be afraid that he will ever leave you. Francesca Lia Block body worry father Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind. Francesca Lia Block chocolate-ice-cream kissing wind This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful. Francesca Lia Block it-hurts hurt beautiful
