pootriarch quoted Witch: Anthology by Michelle Tea
An exploration of the Witch, as radical archetype, in ancient and contemporary life.
An adult …
We are not here to be our normal selves. I have to trust that he has something to say to me. I ask him what it is. And he tells me, "You have to learn to not give yourself away. Make them love you, but don't let them have you."
— Witch: Anthology by Michelle Tea (Page 111)
This is a very out-of-context quote that still makes a lot of sense, in the middle of a story that careens between making zero sense and making all of it. The speaker is Thurston, her dog, whom I believe to have died, though when I look for evidence of this, I'm not sure.