“I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.”
St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter
"Marrow"
Actor (2009)
“The more I did it―the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high.
It was something. Don't say it wasn't.”
— Megan Abbott, book Dare Me
Source: Dare Me
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