--- title: "1 Love Transform Quotes By Francesca Lia Block" description: "1 Love Transform quotes by Francesca Lia Block. Plus more from Francesca Lia Block and more Love Transform sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/francesca-lia-block-1363_angel_love-can-transform-us-it-can-be-a-healin_2555006.png" --- > [Love can transform us. It can be a healing force or a disaster, a tidal wave, a tornado. It can burn and scar us or heal our scars. It can be the ghost that haunts us, or the best friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/love-can-transform-us-it-can-be-a-healing-force-or-a-disaster-a-tidal/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/francesca-lia-block-1363_angel_love-can-transform-us-it-can-be-a-healin_2555006.png) ## More by Francesca Lia Block > [“Even in darkness your lips taste of sunshine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/even-in-darkness-your-lips-taste-of-sunshine/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [Ugster vinyl pumps, Partridge Family records, plastic daisy jewelry, old postcards. . . . It's a magpie Christmas market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/ugster-vinyl-pumps-partridge-family-records-plastic-daisy-jewelry-old/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/sometimes-i-wanted-to-peel-away-all-of-my-skin-and-find-a-different/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [The circus tent was flowing pale in the rain like a fleshy flower lit from within. It seemed to bloom in the downpour. Drops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/the-circus-tent-was-flowing-pale-in-the-rain-like-a-fleshy-flower-lit/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/i-think-depression-creates-in-me-an-urgent-need-to-write-but-i-also/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“It’s hard to remember what you fall in love with. Usually it is an expression in the eyes, an exchange, or a gesture or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/it-s-hard-to-remember-what-you-fall-in-love-with-usually-it-is-an/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“Weetzie and My Secret Agent Lover Man and Dirk and Duck and Cherokee and Witch Baby and Slinkster Dog and Go-Go Girl and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/weetzie-and-my-secret-agent-lover-man-and-dirk-and-duck-and-cherokee/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“When you look at pain as material it makes all the difference in the world. I thought, the pain that is too big to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/when-you-look-at-pain-as-material-it-makes-all-the-difference-in-the/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/if-death-is-your-father-you-don-t-ever-have-to-worry-about-what-part/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“My mind is like the valley—this vast barren waste. Car lots. Malls. Tract homes. I know there are other worlds beyond it—of canyons full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/my-mind-is-like-the-valley-this-vast-barren-waste-car-lots-malls/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“And then I cried a flood of tears as if I really were a mermaid who had absorbed too much sea into herself. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/and-then-i-cried-a-flood-of-tears-as-if-i-really-were-a-mermaid-who/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“Sylvie wishes the anti-depressants had been around when she was in her early twenties, not only to rescue her from the dark tunnels that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/sylvie-wishes-the-anti-depressants-had-been-around-when-she-was-in/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“The next night I went back to the sea dressed in 1950s silk travel scarves – Paris with the Eiffel tower and ladies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/the-next-night-i-went-back-to-the-sea-dressed-in-1950s-silk-travel/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above ground for burned mermaids and sick vampire girls for wild wolfish women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/for-frail-but-surprisingly-strong-fairies-who-had-lost-their-way/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [What shall we do, all of us? All of us oassionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/what-shall-we-do-all-of-us-all-of-us-oassionate-girls-who-fear/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-transform/francesca-lia-block/#itemlist", "name": "1 Love Transform Quotes By Francesca Lia Block", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love can transform us. It can be a healing force or a disaster, a tidal wave, a tornado. It can burn and scar us or heal our scars. It can be the ghost that haunts us, or the best friend who reads our every thought. 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