“He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. There’s a niche in his chestwhere a heart would fit perfectlyand he thinks if he could just maneuver one into place –well then, game over.”Richard Siken
“Fairy tales have rules. You are a princess or you aren’t. You are pure at heart or you aren’t. If you are pure at heart, or lucky, you might catch a break.”Richard Siken
“We can do anything. It’s not becauseour hearts are large, they’re not, it’s what westruggle with. The attempt to say Come over. Bringyour friends. It’s a potluck, I’m making pork chops, I’m makingthose long noodles you love so much.”Richard Siken Source: Crush
“we are at the crossroads, my little outlaw,and this is the map of my heart, the landscapeafter cruelty”Richard Siken Source: Crush
“We're shooting the scene where I swallow your heart and you make mespit it up again. I swallow your heart and it crawlsright out of my mouth.You swallow my heart and flee, but I want it back now, baby. I want it back.”Richard Siken Source: Crush