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“But there was a curse on Laius. The curse was Daddy Issues. Only a daddy can have Daddy Issues.
The Daddy Issues of Laius include: insisting on taking your children hiking even after they start crying
ignoring the collective good and stiffing oracles, who depend on tips
refusing to save the city
letting four attendants take the hit
failing to bring a vehicle to a complete stop before proceeding into the intersection”
― Daniel M. Lavery, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“The lipsticks that I own are steeped in sex and blood. In my collection, I have Lady Danger; Relentlessly Red; Good to Go. Cosmo tells me early on that the painted mouth is supposed to evoke the labia, voluptuous and slightly parted, and the names of my lipsticks bear this out: they are unequivocal. There are fast cars, dangers, and passion. There is fire, lust, anger poppies, roses, all of them packed into small, dark tubes.”
― Jessica Friedmann, Things That Helped: Essays

“I never know how to refer to previous incarnations of myself in a way that honestly acknowledges the present without sacrificing the past.”
― Daniel M. Lavery, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“Climate collapse has been a racist issue for at least five hundred years. Colonialism made it so.”
― Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, The Nerves and Their Endings