Nicole Callihan
- The End of the Pier
I walked to the end of the pier and threw your name into the sea, and when you flew back to me- a silver fish-I devoured you, cleaned you to the bone. I was through. But then you came back again: as sun on water. I reached for you, skimmed my hands over the light of you. And when the sky darkened, again, I thought it was over, but then, you became water. I closed my eyes and lay on top of you, swallowed you, let you swallow me too.
Louisa May Alcott
- Little women
My dear girls, I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting. Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.
