Why is it so LOUD? Will it ever stop? These discouraging words. The words I despise. The words that take all of my power not to spit at. The words that I make burn with hateful glares. Why won't it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It makes me angry sometimes, it's a visceral thing--how you come to despise your own words in your ears not because they aren't genuine, but because they are; because you've said them so many times, your 'principles,' your 'ideals'--and so… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image