"The Richter scale has neither a minimum nor a maximum threshold.
Everything depends on
the sensitivity of the seismograph."

—Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

I posted this over summer when I was so hung up on people I would literally catch on fire when they walked into a room. AC’s still right, she’s still got it, Geryon’s heart still beats like mine—but. But. You can retune your own seismograph. You can turn the dial, and one day the same people walk into your house and everything stays standing. And then it is time for them to go home now, please. Last call.  

"stale peace of old bedtimes
filled the room. Love does not
make me gentle or kind. thought Geryon"

—Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

i said this was my favorite book when pressed. upon review, the statement remains true.

love does
NOT
make me gentle
or
kind