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Brenna Twohy Quotes

Total quotes: 11
“To love me is to love a haunted house.”
— Brenna Twohy, Anxiety: A Ghost Story
Tagged: Love, Metaphor
“I, too, have loved men who named my mouth ashtray, mistook me for a place to leave burning things when they were done.”
— Brenna Twohy, Little poem: What I Mean When I Say Survivor
Tagged: Being Used, Relationships, Ashtrays, Survivor Poetry, Trauma
“saying we have not become
strangers by the distance
does as much good as saying
apartment four is empty.”
— Brenna Twohy, Someone Lives In Apartment Four
Tagged: Grief, Loss, Heartbreak, Broken Promises, Poetry
“To love me is to love a haunted house. It’s fun to visit once a year but no one wants to live there.”
— Brenna Twohy, Anxiety: A Ghost Story
Tagged: Love, Relationships, Dating, Haunted, Spoken Word, Slam Poetry, Poetry
“It is the kind of love that gives me goosebumps.”
— Brenna Twohy, Anxiety: A Ghost Story
Tagged: Love, Relationships, Lust, Passion, Dating
“Tell me again about the part where grief is not my name.”
— Brenna Twohy, Untitled
Tagged: Grief, Break Up, Sad, Spilled Ink, Poetry, Depression
“Womanhood 
is learning how to witch yourself 
in slow motion. 
When they say your name
like a curse,
say it back to them
like an incantation. 
When they call you cold,
show them how you conjure fire.”
— Brenna Twohy, Tumblr
Tagged: feminism, Feminist, Women, Girls, Living, strength
“What lazy lovers we are. Such reluctant soulmates. My hair comes out in the shower and I swear it misses your hands. I have weeks of unplayed Jeopardy!.

I don’t want to ask questions. I know better than to ask anything at all.”
— Brenna Twohy, I'm Leaving At The End Of The Year You Say
Tagged: Leaving, Moving On, Breakups, Love, Unrequited Love, Almosts
“What lazy lovers we are.”
— Brenna Twohy, Untitled
Tagged: Love, Break Up, Heartbreak, Dating, Relationships
“this is where i come from.
everyone i love still lives there.”
— Brenna Twohy, A Coworker Asks Me If I Am Sad, Still
Tagged: Poetry, Depression, Mourning, Healing, poem, Grief, Loss
“To love me
is to love a haunted house–
it’s fun to visit once a year,
but no one wants to live there,
and when you say,
'Tell me about the bad days,'
it sounds like all the neighborhood kids daring each other to ring the doorbell”
— Brenna Twohy, Anxiety: A Ghost Story
Tagged: Trauma, Poetry, Love, Scars
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