Aspen Matis Quotes

Chinese proverb says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This journey had begun with the coercion of my body, with my own wild hope.

I felt like I belonged to an ancient tradition of all young people given this same task of finding their own ways through to the futures they wanted for themselves.

I began to lust after our conjoining life.

Happy people have everything to give.

Fire is not essential. Fire is warm comfort. From fire, cultures are born.

I wanted him to look at me like maybe I was magic.

I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love.

It felt amazing to make visible my boundaries.The rumors dissipated, then changed. Eventually I turned down enough men that I became the girl who turned down men.

The PCT would lead me to an otherworld, through the sadness I felt here, out of it.