Best 12 quotes of Nichole Mcelhaney on MyQuotes

And the moon said to me - my darling daughter, you do not have to be whole in order to shine.

A poetess is a collection of unfinished thoughts. She is a tormented phantom, a harbinger of life and death. Those who peer deep inside her catacombs will learn that even madness is a virtue.

Athena's jealousy made a monster of fair Medusa. I often wonder what beauty my own demons have destroyed.

Be a witch they cannot burn.

Do not be afraid to bare your teeth - you were not brought into this world covered in blood to become a gentle, tamed thing.

Do not worry about your contradictions - Persephone is both floral maiden and queen of death. You, too, can be both.

I adore forgotten words, long lost folk tales, and books with pages soft and crumbling. I am a collector of scents and memories. The things that others bury are the things I hold most dear.

I am not soft. I do not have that luxury. I am the wolf in girl’s clothing; all snarls and claws. My mother once told me: be gentle, be kind. She forgot to mention that the world was full of beasts, and if I wanted to survive I would have to become one myself.

I've written of you so often I think I've made you immortal.

My soul is in a state of perpetual Autumn.

My wild heart craves shadows. Like a bat unfurling its wings, I open myself to darkness; I open myself to truth.

These bones I carry were borrowed from women much stronger than I. Know that when you need them, you can borrow mine.